LONDON, April 23. /TASS/. The talks on Ukrainian conflict settlement will be held in London with the participation of the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union and Ukraine.
As UK Defense Secretary John Healey told the House of Commons, the one-day meeting of ministers and national security advisers is expected to address further steps, including ceasefire and path towards a longstanding peace.
President Donald Trump's Ukraine envoy Keith Kellogg will attend the discussions. The US administration initially reported that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will take part, but later said he would not be present. The participation of Special Envoy Steven Witkoff, reported by US media, was also not confirmed.
The Ukrainian delegation includes Vladimir Zelensky’s office head Andrey Yermak, his deputy Pavel Palisa, Foreign Minister Andrey Sibiga, and Defense Minister Rustem Umerov.
Seven-point plan
Representatives from the United Kingdom, the United States, Ukraine, and France met in Paris on April 17. After the meeting, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
According to The Daily Telegraph, the United States will unveil its seven-point settlement plan at the meeting. With reference to an unnamed source, the newspaper wrote that the initiative will include an immediate ceasefire, direct Russia-Ukraine talks, Kiev’s refusal of NATO membership, the de-jure recognition of Russia’s sovereignty over Crimea and de-facto recognition of its control over territories liberated since 2022. The plan also stipulates the handover of the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), currently controlled by Russia, to the United States, the signing of the minerals deal, the removal of all US sanctions on Russia and the start of Russia-US cooperation on energy.
UK Foreign Office sources expressed doubts that any deal may be announced after the talks in London. They said the goal was to give Ukraine an opportunity to present its own vision of peace process.
At the same time, CNN said that Washington expects to continue working on details of the framework agreement on conflict settlement. After that, the United States plans to organize one more meeting between Witkoff and Russian officials.
Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the negotiations between Russia and the United States on the conflict in Ukraine difficult and time-consuming.
"There is a lot of hard work going on. We're talking to the Americans. The process is difficult and time-consuming. You should not expect immediate results, this work cannot be carried out publicly," Peskov said as quoted by the Financial Times.