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Putin agrees to resume 3-way peace talks with Ukraine and US · GNN Daily Breaking News

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  Speaker 1: Russian President Vladimir Putin has agreed in principle to resume
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  Speaker 1: three-way peace negotiations with Ukraine and the United States, signaling
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  Speaker 1: a potential diplomatic opening after months of stalled talks. Kremlin
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  Speaker 1: officials confirmed the development following a three-hour meeting in St.
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  Speaker 1: Petersburg between the Russian leader and American Special Envoy Steve Witkoff.
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  Speaker 1: According to senior presidential aides in Moscow, the technical-level trilateral
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  Speaker 1: discussions could convene in Abu Dhabi as early as mid-November,
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  Speaker 1: focusing primarily on establishing long-term security guarantees for both Moscow
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  Speaker 1: and Kyiv once active combat ceases. The agreement to return
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  Speaker 1: to the negotiating table follows an intensive diplomatic blitz across
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  Speaker 1: Europe by the American envoy. Prior to arriving in Russia,
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  Speaker 1: Special Envoy Witkoff met in Oslo with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky,
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  Speaker 1: alongside European and North Atlantic Treaty Organization representatives, to review
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  Speaker 1: fresh Ukrainian proposals. While Kremlin foreign policy advisers cautioned that
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  Speaker 1: elements of the new Ukrainian framework do not fully satisfy
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  Speaker 1: Russian strategic demands, President Putin acknowledged that diplomatic avenues remain
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  Speaker 1: far from exhausted. expressing general support for continued American mediation
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  Speaker 1: efforts aimed at resolving the conflict. Adding momentum to the
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  Speaker 1: diplomatic engagement, the high-level meeting in St. Petersburg coincided with
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  Speaker 1: a notable goodwill gesture from Moscow. Russian authorities released Stephen Hubbard,
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  Speaker 1: a 76-year-old American citizen and former English teacher who had
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  Speaker 1: been detained since early 2022. Special Envoy Witkoff personally conveyed
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  Speaker 1: official gratitude to the Russian leadership for the humanitarian release,
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  Speaker 1: which American officials characterized as a constructive step toward rebuilding
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  Speaker 1: functional communication channels between Washington and Moscow amid broader geopolitical tensions.
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  Speaker 1: Despite the agreement to resume talks, Foreign policy analysts caution
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  Speaker 1: that substantial hurdles remain before achieving a formal ceasefire or
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  Speaker 1: lasting political settlement. Russia continues to maintain a firm stance
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  Speaker 1: regarding territorial concessions in eastern provinces, while Ukrainian leadership insists
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  Speaker 1: on robust, enforceable security commitments to prevent future aggression. As
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  Speaker 1: diplomatic teams prepare for preliminary working sessions in the United
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  Speaker 1: Arab Emirates next month, International observers are closely monitoring whether
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  Speaker 1: technical negotiations can bridge deep-seated strategic divides and establish a
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  Speaker 1: durable framework for peace.