According to Ushakov, the Russian leader supported the American proposal to consider the security issues of Russia and Ukraine in a broader, European format.
Witkoff and Jared Kushner met with Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin on Thursday. After the talks, the American negotiator told journalists that Europeans were to be included in the next round.
Europeans will be present at the next meeting. They are our partners and it is important for them to participate in this, Witkoff said.
After the talks in Moscow, Witkoff and Kushner are scheduled to travel to Dublin. There, they will present Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky with information about the meeting with Putin, as well as the findings of the two-day talks, which ended on Wednesday in Abu Dhabi.
Witkoff did not rule out that after the conversation with Zelensky, he would provide details of the next meeting. The talks are initially scheduled to take place next week.
Russia recalls the proposal from 2021
Ushakov spoke after Putin's meeting with US President Donald Trump's envoys - Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. He assessed the talks as "fruitful" and "useful".
According to Ushakov, Putin supported the American proposal to solve the security issue of Russia and Ukraine by creating a European security system.
Putin's adviser said that Moscow presented a similar concept already in 2021. He added that the Kremlin hopes that representatives of European countries will support US-Russian talks on this matter.
Ushakov also stated that the Russian side made it clear during the meeting that NATO - in Moscow's opinion - should not expand further.
Putin on foreign troops in Ukraine
Vladimir Putin also allegedly told American envoys that the presence of troops from other countries on Ukrainian territory would be unacceptable to Russia.
We have said from the beginning that the presence of any foreign troops on the territory of Ukraine is absolutely unacceptable to us, because we believe that it threatens the security of the Russian Federation, Putin said.
France and Great Britain declared their readiness to create the core of a multinational peacekeeping contingent in Ukraine, which could constitute an element of the security guarantee for Kiev.
At the same time, Putin allegedly repeated that he did not agree to a ceasefire along the current front line. His words indicate that Moscow continues to demand the recognition of Russian claims to the occupied regions of Ukraine within their administrative borders.
Russia illegally announced the annexation of parts of the Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporozhye and Kherson oblasts, although it does not control them in their entirety.
