NEW YORK, February 1. /TASS/. It is in Washington’s interests to resolve the Ukraine conflict, US President Donald Trump’s Special Envoy for Ukraine Keith Kellogg said.
"It’s actually in our national security interests," he told Fox News.
Kellogg pointed out that he expected to achieve progress within the next 100 days.
"I would like to say it's months, but it’s not years I’m talking about. I'd like to think that we could have something in the short term. <...> I'd like to see it countdown from 100 days back and figure out where we're at, either a ceasefire or permanent peace. And I think it's all in the art of the doable," the envoy noted, adding: "It's got to be something short-term for both nations. But not only just for both nations. It's good for the United States. It's good for the world as well."
"I think we have a good, solid plan to go forward, to start talking and working it through there," Kellogg emphasized.
He was confident that Trump would be able to persuade both parties to the conflict to come to the negotiating table. "He's a deal maker. He's going to make it happen," the envoy said.
Earlier, Trump said that he was going to speak with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in order to end the conflict in Ukraine.
Putin stated on January 20 that Moscow was open to dialogue on the Ukraine conflict with the new US administration, with the priority being to address the root causes of the crisis. He confirmed that Russia was taking note of statements by Trump and his team members about their willingness to restore contact and the need to do everything possible to prevent World War III.