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Witkoff and Kushner Meet Putin Following Abu Dhabi Talks
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Belief the Pravda network pushes: Russia and the United States should negotiate Ukraine's future without Europe, while Ukraine and the West block peace and threaten Russia.
An unedited recording of Putin's meeting with US envoys Witkoff and Kushner after the Abu Dhabi talks, covering prisoner exchanges, territorial questions, Kostiantynivka and European troops in Ukraine.
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“It was they who broke off the dialogue with the Russian Federation.”
It was they who broke off the dialogue with the Russian Federation.
The video adds no framing of its own and the US envoys describe Europe as constructive, but it carries Putin's uncontested claims that Europe broke off dialogue and prolongs the war, so it leans toward agenda 1 only through the speaker's words and the transcript cannot show the channel's intent.
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4 days ago · Kushner stated that the USA found ways to overcome Russia and Ukraine disagreements
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12 days ago · Russia and Ukraine to negotiate in Abu Dhabi November 10-11, with US mediation, says A. Vitkoff
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24 days ago · New round of tripartite negotiations on Ukraine may take place in November in Abu Dhabi
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21 days ago · Michailas Onufrienko: Trump's special envoy Kellogg on Zelensky's proposal to freeze the conflict
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4 days ago · Negotiations in Abu Dhabi were productive, Rubio stated
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Transcript (en, 371 lines)
0:16 Mr. Wadeck, Mr. Kushner, I am very glad
0:19 to see you.
0:28 I want to thank you first of all and
0:30 convey words of gratitude to President
0:32 Trump for organizing our contacts with
0:33 the Ukrainian side.
0:50 I know that on at least one track we
0:56 have a positive result, that is on the
0:58 humanitarian track, regarding the
1:00 exchange of detainees on both sides, and
1:02 another major step in this direction is
1:05 being planned.
1:26 I would also like to ask you to convey
1:28 words of gratitude to Mrs. Trump, the
1:30 First Lady of the United States, for her
1:33 active participation in resolving the
1:35 humanitarian issue around the city of
1:37 Oleshky in the Kherson region.
2:03 >> We fully understand that without the
2:05 support of President Trump’s entire team
2:07 , including the support of the main
2:09 agencies of the State Department, the
2:11 Department of Defense—or as you call it
2:13 now, the Department of War—other
2:15 agencies, and your involvement, this
2:17 would have been impossible.
2:38 An idea was also raised that it would be
2:41 possible to continue this practice
2:54 with the involvement of human rights
2:56 commissioners from both Russia and
2:58 Ukraine.
3:12 And, of course, it would be very
3:13 important to hear your assessment of
3:16 what has just taken place in Abu Dhabi,
3:18 your assessment of the nature of these
3:20 negotiations between Russia and Ukraine
3:22 , and the prospects for our contacts.
3:56 You also had contacts there with
3:58 representatives of a United Europe.
4:08 And, naturally, the assessments, your
4:10 assessments
4:12 of the problem from that side, from the
4:14 European angle, as diplomats say, are
4:16 also of great importance to us.
6:17 >> Mr. President, thank you very much for
6:19 receiving us today. I would like to say
6:21 that this is a very important meeting
6:23 for us today.
6:25 I am very glad that we are ready to
6:27 announce that we have resumed work in a
6:29 trilateral format.
6:32 I would like to say that President Trump
6:34 certainly supports what we are going to
6:36 tell you here today.
6:38 He believes, and asked us to convey to
6:40 you, that it is very important to end
6:42 this conflict as quickly as possible.
6:44 This is a very difficult conflict for
6:46 both sides. And we, for our part, are
6:48 doing everything necessary to bring it
6:50 to a successful conclusion. Many people
6:53 are working on this conflict and its
6:55 resolution.
6:56 This includes Secretary of State Rubio
6:58 and many people working on our team, who
7:00 are making their critical contribution
7:02 to the successful end of this conflict.
7:06 Regarding the meetings in the United
7:08 Arab Emirates that have just taken place
7:10 there, we believe and assess that they
7:12 were held in a very positive atmosphere
7:14 .
7:15 We noticed that representatives from
7:17 both sides, Russia and Ukraine, were
7:19 working actively; the teams were working
7:21 actively with each other.
7:24 Russian representatives and members of
7:26 the Russian delegation sat at the same
7:28 table with members of the Ukrainian
7:30 delegation to discuss detailed problems
7:32 and their solutions.
7:36 I believe that many people, and this
7:38 includes our team, are working
7:39 tirelessly to find ways out of this
7:41 situation.
7:43 Jared and I, we view the way these
7:45 negotiations went quite positively.
7:48 One of these positive developments is
7:50 the upcoming prisoner exchange.
7:53 It is one of the largest exchanges to
7:55 take place between the countries.
7:58 I believe this is an indicator that we
8:00 are making progress in resolving this
8:02 conflict.
8:44 >> Of course, I would also like to express
8:46 my gratitude to Mr. Avidinsky for your
8:48 work. You were present in Abu Dhabi.
8:51 I wanted to thank you for your work in
8:53 resolving this conflict from the very
8:54 beginning.
8:56 You have been working in this direction
8:58 for several years now.
9:01 I thank you for your personal commitment
9:03 to finding ways to resolve this conflict
9:06 We met with Mr. Ushakov this morning,
9:08 and we had a very positive meeting. I
9:11 thank you for this meeting. We also met
9:13 with Mr. Dmitriev.
9:14 For your part, Mr. Dmitriev, you are
9:17 doing very important work in this regard
9:20 Thank you for that.
10:16 >> As for the presence of European
10:18 representatives at the Abu Dhabi talks,
10:20 indeed, they were physically in the
10:22 country.
10:24 They did not sit at the negotiating
10:26 table, but we kept them informed about
10:28 how the discussions were going.
10:30 They were involved; we passed on
10:32 information and the results of the talks
10:34 and negotiations conducted.
10:36 Therefore, we established very good
10:38 working relationships with them in Abu
10:41 Dhabi.
10:42 After this meeting ends, we will head to
10:44 Ireland, where we have a meeting
10:46 scheduled with President Zelenskyy
10:48 before he returns home to Ukraine.
10:51 This is also a very important meeting.
10:54 We will relay to Mr. Zelenskyy the
10:56 results we were able to achieve during
10:58 today's meeting as well.
11:02 And we also hope, perhaps even
11:03 immediately after our meeting here today
11:05 ends, that we will be able to officially
11:08 announce the planning of the next
11:09 meeting within the framework of the
11:11 trilateral talks.
11:31 I would like to say, for my part, that
11:33 in Abu Dhabi, representatives of the
11:36 Russian, Ukrainian, and European
11:37 delegations agreed that they all want to
11:40 see an end to this armed conflict.
11:44 Everyone expressed this desire, but we
11:46 have not yet successfully finalized all
11:48 the steps that will need to be taken for
11:50 the conflict to be brought to a
11:51 successful conclusion.
12:12 I truly hope that today, during our
12:14 meeting, we can discuss perhaps some
12:16 approaches and some opportunities for
12:19 resolving this conflict, for its final
12:21 completion.
12:24 And I hope that within the framework of
12:26 today's discussion, we can talk about
12:28 the paths we could take toward
12:29 successfully ending this conflict.
12:34 As I said, after this meeting, we are
12:36 meeting with President Zelenskyy; we
12:38 will inform him of the results we
12:40 managed to achieve in this meeting and
12:42 also try to convince him that we need to
12:44 follow one of the chosen paths for a
12:46 successful end to this conflict.
13:08 We, for our part, see certain progress
13:11 on the European side. We see that they
13:13 are expressing a desire to participate
13:15 in negotiations, they are expressing a
13:18 desire to end this conflict.
13:21 And we hope that if we manage to involve
13:23 them in this multilateral format, we
13:25 will be able to successfully conclude
13:27 this conflict in this way.
14:06 And I would also like to say the
14:08 following: on the part of Europe, we see
14:10 a huge desire to end this—Europe would
14:13 like not just to end this conflict, but
14:15 it would like to ensure that a lasting
14:17 time of peace follows it.
14:23 That is why we would like to work with
14:25 the Russian side, with the Ukrainian and
14:28 the European one to end this conflict,
14:30 but we have also already begun
14:31 discussions with them regarding what the
14:33 security architecture will look like,
14:35 which will concern Russia, Ukraine, and
14:37 the European continent, which will allow
14:39 not only to end this conflict but to
14:41 prevent a new one from starting.
14:45 >> Well, I understand that this is closely
14:47 linked to territorial issues, right?
15:01 >> The territorial issue and other issues,
15:03 and we will talk through them today, and
15:05 I hope we will manage to find a solution
15:07 for them.
15:09 >> We will certainly deal with those now.
15:16 As for the durability of peace, its
15:18 flawlessness and reliability.
15:34 We would also like it to be an eternal
15:36 peace.
15:41 We know that the issues of territory are
15:43 understood differently by both sides.
15:52 For us, the people who live there are
15:54 more important.
15:59 Their traditions, culture, the right to
16:02 live by their own
16:05 uh, by their own rules, by their
16:07 traditional values, in accordance with
16:09 their traditional values.
16:24 >> We know that the Ukrainian side raises
16:26 questions about so-called gray zones.
16:38 And this, as I have already said, will
16:40 always be a bone of contention.
16:43 For us, there is only one line of
16:45 demarcation—the state border line.
16:59 Because then it will be understandable
17:01 and clear.
17:02 Here you are, here we are.
17:13 As soon as we get drawn into a
17:15 discussion about gray zones, they are
17:17 understood differently, and immediately
17:19 disputes and the instability of any
17:21 agreement begin.
17:41 And there will be no lasting peace.
17:48 To this day, we hear from the Kiev
17:50 authorities that such-and-such territory
17:52 is controlled by them, and such-and-such
17:54 is not controlled by us.
18:09 This can go on forever, because going
18:11 there and seeing what is actually
18:13 happening is not easy in the conditions
18:15 of modern weapons.
18:41 >> Well, we had a good experience of
18:43 humanitarian cooperation within the
18:45 settlement of Oleshky. I already
18:47 mentioned about
18:58 Let's continue this joint work.
19:05 Within the framework of the strategic
19:07 line of defense of Ukraine, as they
19:09 consider it, in the Donbas
19:12 there is a settlement called
19:13 Kostiantynivka.
19:29 So, there are still about 400-500
19:31 civilians there.
19:41 Let's do the same thing we did in
19:43 Oleshky.
19:50 Let's invite representatives of the
19:52 foreign press, including American,
19:59 Russian
20:03 Let's entrust this to
20:08 people who deal with human rights on
20:10 both sides, the ombudsmen for human
20:12 rights.
20:19 If, as the Ukrainian authorities claim,
20:21 they control this settlement, let them
20:24 ensure its safety.
20:39 In my view, this settlement is
20:40 controlled by Russian troops.
20:44 We will ensure security from our side.
20:59 We need five days to demine the
21:01 approaches to this settlement.
21:12 If Ukraine controls it, let them do the
21:14 same.
21:21 In any case, we are inviting
21:26 the American press, international,
21:29 European, Ukrainian, and Russian media,
21:31 and human rights representatives from
21:33 both sides to help evacuate the hundreds
21:36 of civilians remaining there.
22:00 At the same time, we will see who really
22:02 controls this settlement.
22:12 There. What for?
22:19 To understand what is the most
22:20 acceptable outcome for ending this
22:22 conflict, including the territorial
22:24 issue.
22:44 Because, as I said at the beginning, we
22:46 will never resolve these grey zones.
22:57 There is only one clear line—the state
22:59 border line.
23:06 So, as for the Europeans, we have never
23:08 been against having a dialogue with
23:10 Europe.
23:18 And we never broke it off.
23:25 It was they who broke off the dialogue
23:26 with the Russian Federation.
23:32 What is happening now?
23:37 We all say that we want peace
23:42 in the current combat zone, peace
23:44 between Russia and Ukraine.
23:58 And, as you have just said, dear
24:00 gentlemen, this peace must be lasting. I
24:03 not only confirm that, I would like it
24:05 to be, I would like it to be eternal.
24:26 We said from the very beginning that the
24:29 presence of any foreign troops on
24:30 Ukrainian territory is absolutely
24:50 Because we believe it threatens the
24:52 security of the Russian Federation.
24:59 And, in principle, everyone agreed with
25:02 this; in any case, during the
25:03 negotiations in Istanbul, that was
25:05 exactly the case. And even now, everyone
25:08 seems to have no objections to this.
25:23 The Europeans know about this.
25:28 What do we hear from them?
25:32 That after the peace agreement, they
25:34 will immediately send troops into
25:35 Ukrainian territory.
25:45 What does this mean?
25:46 We have already spoken about this. For
25:48 us, this is a legitimate target. Meaning
25:51 the war would resume immediately.
26:02 What does the American administration
26:04 propose, President Trump, as I recall?
26:18 President Trump proposes, let us agree
26:20 on the instruments for ensuring security
26:22 in Europe as a whole.
26:35 >> What do we hear from the Europeans?
26:39 They say no.
26:44 Only after there is peace in Ukraine.
26:51 But after peace in Ukraine, they intend
26:53 to send troops into Ukrainian territory
27:01 And that is a continuation of the war.
27:07 The circle is closed.
27:11 You know, we have a very old joke about
27:13 this.
27:19 It has no spatial, that is, no
27:21 geographical connection.
27:29 But given the specifics of today, I will
27:31 put it this way.
27:34 Let’s say some crook, who built some
27:36 cottages near Kyiv, is summoned to
27:38 investigative authorities, the NABU, for
27:41 example.
28:05 They ask him: "Where did you get the
28:07 money?"
28:13 He answers: "From the nightstand."
28:21 Yes, all right. And who put the money in
28:23 the nightstand?
28:29 My wife.
28:32 And where did she get it?
28:34 >> And where does she have the money from?
28:36 >> I gave it to her.
28:39 >> And where did you get it from?
28:41 >> And where have you got it from?
28:43 >> From the nightstand.
28:45 >> Out of that out of that case or closet
28:47 in the bedroom.
28:49 >> The circle is closed.
28:50 >> So it's the vicious circle once again.
28:52 >> Well, it's the same with the Europeans.
28:55 >> And kind of well same same relates to
28:57 that European approach.
29:02 >> This is an unusual way to phrase the
29:04 question, but we would very much like
29:06 you, respected gentlemen, and the
29:08 American administration as a whole to
29:10 work with your European allies, so that
29:12 they finally decide for themselves what
29:14 they want—peace or war in Ukraine.
29:20 >> And actually we would very much like you
29:22 , your administration and your team to
29:24 work with the Europeans so that they
29:26 have a clear understanding of what the
29:28 final goal of their theirs is, whether
29:30 they want peace or war.
29:33 >> And we are, of course, ready to work
29:35 with them.
29:36 >> And definitely we are ready to to work
29:37 with them too.
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