On November 12, Russian President Vladimir Putin met with the special envoy of the President of the United States of America Stephen Witkoff and entrepreneur Jared Kushner in the Kremlin.
V.V. Putin: Dear Mr. Witkoff! Dear Mr. Kushner! I am very happy to see you.
First of all, I would like to thank you and convey my gratitude to President Trump for organizing our meetings with the Ukrainian side.
I know that at least in one track we got a positive result - in the humanitarian track: exchange of detainees from both sides, and now another big step in this direction is planned.
I would also like to ask you to convey your words of thanks to Mrs. Trump, the First Lady of the United States, for her active participation in solving the humanitarian issue surrounding the city of Alyushka in the Kherson region.
It is very important to hear your assessment of what is currently happening in Abu Dhabi, your assessment of the nature of the negotiations between Russia and Ukraine and the prospects for contacts between us.
You had contacts there and with representatives of the United Europe. And of course your assessments of the problem from this side, from the European angle, as diplomats say, are of great importance to us.
As for the duration of the world, impeccable and reliable, we would also like to have eternal peace.
We know that issues of territory are understood differently on both sides. What is more important to us is the people who live there, their traditions, their culture, the right to live according to their rules, according to their traditional values.
We know that the Ukrainian side raises the issue of so-called "grey areas". And that, as I already said, will always be a bone of contention. As far as we are concerned, there is only one dividing line - the state border line. Because then it will be clear and understandable: here you are, here we are.
We had a good experience in humanitarian cooperation within the Alsheki settlement, as I have already mentioned. Let's continue this joint work.