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U.S. envoy says separate talks with Ukraine, Russia "productive and constructive"

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U.S. envoy says separate talks with Ukraine, Russia "productive and constructive"

2025-12-22 11:38 Last Updated At:12:46

Separate U.S. talks with Russian and Ukrainian officials over the weekend on a peace plan in Florida were "productive and constructive," U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff said Sunday.

Kirill Dmitriev, Russia's special presidential representative for investment and economic cooperation, said after Monday's meeting that his discussions with Witkoff and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, went smoothly. However, Dmitryev did not disclose further details about the talks.

Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said on the same day that Russia will assess what can be accepted and what is unacceptable from the information Dmitriev will bring from the U.S.

Witkoff also held discussions with a Ukrainian delegation led by Rustem Umerov, secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine on the same day.

Witkoff said over the last three days in Florida that the Ukrainian delegation held a series of productive and constructive meetings with American and European partners.

Particular attention was given to discussion of timelines and the sequencing of next steps, according to the special envoy.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky took to social media on the same day to announce that Ukraine's negotiating team is currently working in Florida. Work on the documents on ending the war, on security guarantees, and on reconstruction is ongoing, and they are going through each point in detail.

U.S. envoy says separate talks with Ukraine, Russia "productive and constructive"

U.S. envoy says separate talks with Ukraine, Russia "productive and constructive"

Authorities in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region have been implementing public wellbeing programs to ensure a good start to the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030), as high-quality public service resources continue to reach grassroots communities.

The Xizang Hospital, being built under the auspices of the West China Second University Hospital of Sichuan University, which was included in the fourth batch of national regional medical center projects in October 2022, is under construction.

Once operational, it will save local residents' trips to other provinces for medical treatment, effectively addressing the shortage of high-quality medical resources in the region.

During the 15th Five-Year Plan period, the regional government will make simultaneous efforts to increase the income of urban and rural residents, optimize basic public services, and broaden employment channels. It will also ensure that the number of families with no employed members is steadily reduced to zero, promote work-relief programs, and increase new urban employment opportunities.

Meanwhile, Xizang will step up the construction of county-level medical and health consortia, achieve full coverage of public childcare services at the prefecture level, and improve education, medical care, elderly care, and childcare services.

"We will continue to take improving people's livelihood and rallying people's support as our ultimate objectives, focusing on increasing employment and people's income, improving education quality, medical and health care, social security, elderly care, and childcare services, so that the achievements of building a new modern socialist Xizang can benefit more people in a fair manner," said Wang Jingcai, deputy director of the regional development and reform commission.

Authorities in Xizang roll out public wellbeing programs to ensure good start to 15th Five-Year Plan

Authorities in Xizang roll out public wellbeing programs to ensure good start to 15th Five-Year Plan

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