Kyiv pushed for direct Zelenskyy–Trump meeting in Florida
Zelenskyy wants to discuss some issues with Trump, RBK-Ukraine wrote (Photo: Presidential Office)
Ukrainian side stressed the importance of direct, personal contact between Presidents Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Donald Trump in negotiations with the U.S. delegation in Florida, RBC-Ukraine reported on Dec. 1.
The Florida talks follow an earlier round in Geneva and are part of Ukraine’s broader effort to shape a peace plan that both protects its own sovereignty and aligns with the evolving U.S. position. Between these meetings, Kyiv and Washington have kept up constant working-level contacts to narrow differences before any potential Zelenskyy–Trump summit.
The publication's unnamed source said that Zelenskyy wanted to raise several specific issues with Trump.
“We want to make clear that, for us, it’s important not just to meet in order to bless an agreement," the source said.
"There are certain things the president of Ukraine believes must be discussed directly with his American counterpart. We hope this view will be heard.”
Following the meeting between the Ukrainian and U.S. delegations in Florida, the time and place of the next round of peace talks have not yet been set. However, working-level contacts between the two countries are ongoing.
“Working contacts do not stop between meetings," RBC-Ukraine added.
"So the fact that we met in Geneva and now in Florida does not mean there was no engagement in between. It is constant.”
On Nov. 30, Ukrainian and U.S. delegations held talks in Florida on U.S.-backed peace plan.
Zelenskyy said the talks in the United States were constructive and aimed at strengthening Ukraine’s sovereignty and protecting its national interests.
The Wall Street Journal, citing a senior U.S. administration official, reported that among the topics discussed by the Ukrainian and American delegations in Florida were the timing of elections in Ukraine and the possibility of a “territory swap” between Ukraine and Russia.
Under a decree signed by Zelenskyy on Nov. 28, the Ukrainian delegation for peace talks with the United States, other international partners, and representatives of Russia is now headed by National Security and Defense Council Secretary Rustem Umerov, replacing former Presidential Office head Andrii Yermak.
On Nov. 24, the Financial Times, citing sources familiar with the talks, reported that after negotiations between the Ukrainian and US delegations, the U.S. peace plan had been reduced from 28 points to 19.
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