Zelenskyy backs US proposal for trilateral talks with Russia
Photo: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (Getty Images)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told journalists that the United States has proposed a trilateral meeting between Ukraine, the US, and Russia at the level of National Security Advisors (NSA), and Kyiv supports the idea.
He said the proposal was communicated to him by Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Rustem Umerov, who is currently in the US and held talks yesterday with American and European partners on ending the war.
"Regarding Umerov, he called me and said that the United States is proposing a trilateral NSA meeting — America, Ukraine, Russia," Zelenskyy said.
The president noted that he is not sure the meeting will produce anything new, but added that similar meetings in Türkiye previously yielded results, including the return of captured military personnel and civilians. Therefore, Ukraine supports the US proposal.
"If such a meeting can now unblock exchanges, or if the result of a trilateral NSA meeting could be an agreement on a trilateral leaders' summit, I cannot be against it. We will support the US proposal," Zelenskyy concluded.
US peace plan
Ukraine, the US, and Europe have been finalizing a new peace plan for a month, initially proposed by Washington in November.
Yesterday, a new round of talks took place in Miami, with Umerov participating alongside American and European partners.
Ahead of the negotiations, Zelenskyy announced that the meeting would discuss the US 20-point peace plan, security guarantees, and an agreement for Ukraine's reconstruction.
After the meeting, Umerov said that Ukraine and the US agreed on further steps and will continue joint work in the near future.
Notably, today, December 20, Putin's envoy Kirill Dmitriev has already headed to Miami to meet with US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner. The topic remains the same — the peace plan to end the war.
