As Sunday’s talks began, Umerov said: “We are discussing about the future of Ukraine, about the security of Ukraine, about no repetition of aggression of Ukraine, about prosperity of Ukraine, about how to rebuild Ukraine”.
“US is hearing us,” he said, speaking in English. “US is supporting us. US is working beside us.”
He later described the talks as “productive and successful” while Rubio said they had been “very productive and useful”.
Trump said earlier he would send Witkoff and possibly also Kushner to Moscow this week to meet President Vladimir Putin to discuss the peace plan which has been much revised.
One crucial unresolved issue is the fate of Ukrainian territory that Russia has either annexed or controls.
The talks in Florida were “not easy”, a source who is said to be close to the Ukrainian delegation told AFP news agency.
“But everyone is trying to be constructive and find a solution,” the source added.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky is due to visit Paris on Monday for talks with French President Emmanuel Macron, a strong ally.
Tens of thousands of soldiers have been killed or injured, as well as thousands of civilians, and at least seven million people have become refugees, external since Russia invaded on 24 February 2022.
The conflict between the two ex-Soviet states stretches back to 2014 when Ukraine’s pro-Russian president was overthrown and Russia responded by annexing Crimea and supporting armed uprisings in eastern Ukraine.
