Melania Trump hosted human rights chiefs from Moscow and Kyiv at the White House
First Lady Melania Trump will host Russian and Ukrainian officials, including human rights chiefs, at the White House on Thursday ahead of Abu Dhabi talks aimed at ending the war in Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he had “very detailed, hour-and-a-half-long” conversations with envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner before next week’s meeting.
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On Thursday, at the White House, Melania Trump is due to receive human rights chiefs and other representatives from Moscow and Kyiv before negotiations in Abu Dhabi focused on ending the Ukraine war, France 24 reported. The Abu Dhabi meeting, scheduled for next week, would be the first talks involving all three sides since February, the outlet said. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said he had held “very detailed, hour-and-a-half-long” conversations with U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner ahead of that meeting. Weeks earlier, Melania Trump helped broker a partial ceasefire that allowed civilians to leave the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky. Zelensky awarded her a national honor on Wednesday for her role.
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France 24 reports that Zelensky had detailed conversations with U.S. envoys ahead of the upcoming talks involving Ukraine, the United States and Russia, matching the proposed event. The other results do not report this central claim.