After meeting Kushner and Witkoff, Putin convenes Russia's Security Council

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, 12 November, discussed the results of the trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi with the permanent members of Russia's Security Council, the country's top body for security matters. The talks on ending the war that Russia launched against Ukraine involved representatives of the US, Russia and Ukraine. The report comes from the Russian agency RIA Novosti.

Putin said he had also invited members of the Russian negotiating delegation to the meeting so they could share their impressions, observations and results of the work they carried out in Abu Dhabi.

Meeting with US envoys

Earlier the same day, Putin met in the Kremlin with the US president's special envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. During the meeting, Putin reportedly proposed a so-called "humanitarian mission" in Kostiantynivka, in Ukraine's Donetsk region, modelled on the one in Oleshky.

Witkoff and Kushner expressed hope that the European side would join the next round of peace talks aimed at ending the war.

Background

On 11 November, Davyd Arakhamia, a Ukrainian representative and head of the Servant of the People parliamentary faction, gave a positive assessment of the trilateral talks with the US and Russia in Abu Dhabi. He expressed hope that agreements could be reached by the end of the year.