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U.S. Envoys Discover an Itinerary Is Not a Peace Agreement
· New York time
U.S. envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff arrived in Moscow for talks involving Russian President Vladimir Putin over Ukraine. They were also scheduled to travel to Dublin to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the BBC reported. The trip puts American representatives in contact with leaders on both sides of a war with broad international consequences. The Moscow arrival and the planned Dublin meeting are diplomatic developments, not evidence that the parties have reached an agreement. A schedule can show where the conversations are expected to happen, but it cannot settle what the participants will accept. Diplomacy often requires multiple meetings precisely because positions remain difficult to reconcile. For now, the itinerary is the concrete development. The boarding passes can get the envoys to the room; they cannot do the negotiating once everyone sits down.
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