Umerov flies to the US for talks with Special Envoy Steve Witkoff - Bloomberg
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Rustem Umerov will meet with US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff in Miami this week. The meeting will take place against the backdrop of a lack of progress in peace negotiations.
Ukraine's chief negotiator Rustem Umerov will travel to Miami this week to meet with U.S. Presidential Special Envoy Steve Witkoff. This was reported by Bloomberg, citing unnamed "people familiar with the matter," according to UNN.
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The publication's sources declined to specify the agenda for the potential meeting. Meanwhile, Kyiv had hoped that Witkoff would travel to Ukraine along with another envoy, Jared Kushner, but that visit remains uncertain.
Peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine have reached a stalemate and have not attracted as much attention in recent weeks, overshadowed by the conflict between the U.S., Israel, and Iran, which has caused a sharp rise in global energy prices. Russian President Vladimir Putin has shown no signs of abandoning territorial claims to parts of eastern Ukraine that Moscow has failed to seize on the battlefield in a war now entering its fifth year,
Umerov's spokesperson, Diana Davityan, declined to comment on her superior's potential visit to the U.S.
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According to media reports, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are postponing their visit to Kyiv due to a lack of progress in negotiations. Logistics and the prioritization of Iran are also hindering the trip.