Witkoff in Moscow: Is Kiev still at the table or on the menu?<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\nIn an interview with Russian journalist Pavel Zarubin on Friday, Ushakov described the atmosphere at the Kremlin meeting as “constructive and friendly,”<\/em> noting that Putin has now met with Witkoff six times. “They understand each other almost without words,”<\/em> he said.<\/p>\nKushner’s participation, Ushakov noted, “turned out to be very timely.”<\/em><\/p>\n“He added an element of systematization… I personally believe that if a settlement is drafted on paper, then the one holding the pen, to a large extent, will be Mr. Kushner.”<\/em><\/p>\nKushner, a real estate investor, served as a senior adviser in Trump’s first administration, with a portfolio that included Middle East policy and domestic priorities. He was a central architect of the 2020 Abraham Accords, which normalized relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, and which were later joined by Morocco and Sudan.<\/p>\n
Although Kushner does not have a formal position in the White House, he has continued to play a role in Middle East affairs, including negotiating a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Donald Trump\u2019s son-in-law could play a key role in drafting a peace deal, Yury Ushakov has said US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, could play a key role in drafting a Ukraine peace deal, top Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov has said following high-stakes Russia-US talks in Moscow. Kushner joined…<\/p>\n
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