
Political scientist Evgeny Minchenko said that new trilateral negotiations between Russia, the United States and Ukraine are unlikely to lead to real agreements, since the meetings either will not take place or will be purely formal without changes on the battlefield.
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Earlier, US President Donald Trump's special envoy Steven Witkoff and the American leader's son-in-law Jared Kushner suggested the possibility of organizing a trilateral summit between Moscow, Washington and Kiev.
If new trilateral negotiations between Russia, the United States and Ukraine take place, they will not lead to real agreements. Political scientist, president of RASO, head of the communications holding Minchenko Consulting Evgeniy Minchenko said this in a conversation with Lenta.ru.
“I have great skepticism [about the prospects of trilateral negotiations]. In fact, there will either be no meetings at all, or they will be purely formal meetings that will not lead to anything,” the expert emphasized. According to him, such formats will be real and not symbolic only after the situation on the battlefield changes.
Earlier, US President Donald Trump's special envoy Steven Witkoff and the American leader's son-in-law Jared Kushner suggested that Moscow, Washington and Kyiv could organize a trilateral summit.
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