Published February 24,2025
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US President Donald Trump’s particular envoy Steve Witkoff mentioned Sunday that the United States is “very close” to reaching a peace settlement between Ukraine and Russia to finish the warfare.
Speaking to CNN, Witkoff reiterated that the warfare didn’t must occur and that no matter who began it, it should come to an finish.
“The war didn’t need to happen. It was provoked. It doesn’t necessarily mean it was provoked by the Russians,” he mentioned.
“There were all kinds of conversations back then about Ukraine joining NATO. The president has spoken about this. That didn’t need to happen. It basically became a threat to the Russians,” he added.
“There were very, very what I’ll call cogent and substantive negotiations framed in something that’s called the Istanbul Protocol Agreement. We came very, very close to signing something, and I think we’ll be using that framework as a guidepost to get a peace deal done between Ukraine and Russia, and I think that will be an amazing day.”
Commenting on the function that US President Donald Trump has within the course of, Witkoff mentioned: “We have had close to 1.5 million deaths, and finally we have a leader determined to end the carnage.”
Source: www.anews.com.tr