Geneva [Switzerland], November 26: Washington and Kiev have reached an agreement on the most important points of the plan put forward by the United States to end the war in Ukraine, a senior Ukrainian official said on Tuesday.
"Our delegations reached a common understanding on the core terms of the agreement discussed in Geneva," said Rustem Umerov, a former defence minister who is now secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council and a member of his country's negotiating team.
"We now count on the support of our European partners in our further steps," he wrote on Facebook. "We look forward to organizing a visit of Ukraine's President [Volodymyr Zelensky] to the US at the earliest suitable date in November to complete final steps and make a deal with President [Donald] Trump."
US media quoted an unnamed US official on Tuesday as saying that Ukraine's government had "agreed to a peace deal," with details still to be worked out.
High-ranking members of the US government are reportedly currently in Abu Dhabi to discuss the emerging plan with a Russian delegation.
US Army Secretary Daniel Driscoll has been holding talks with representatives of the Russian government since Monday, according to reports from broadcasters CBS,
CNN and the Wall Street Journal.
White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said on X that there "are a few delicate, but not insurmountable, details that must be sorted out and will require further talks between Ukraine, Russia, and the United States."
Last week, the US presented a 28-point plan to end the war in Ukraine, which began with a full-scale invasion by Russian troops on February 24, 2022.
The plan initially appeared to contain most of the Kremlin's conditions for ending the war but has since been intensively renegotiated by European and Ukrainian diplomats.
Russian President Vladimir Putin described the original version of the 28-point plan as "the basis for a final peace settlement," but has warned against any major softening of the deal in favour of Kiev.
Media reports are currently focusing on a peace plan comprising around 20 points. The reports in the New York Times and the Washington Post, as well as the news portal Politico, did not reveal the specific details of this plan.
Source: Qatar Tribune
