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Representative of U.S. President Donald Trump Steve Victoff 20 arrived in Oslo (Norway) in October, about at 12.00. On the runway, he was greeted with a red carpet, according to the public broadcaster NRK. Police have already begun setting up security measures near the Grand Hotel in the center of the Norwegian capital.
In Oslo, Victoff is to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and discuss the war in Ukraine, which was unleashed by the aggressor country Russia.
Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre confirmed to the media that it was the Ukrainian president who asked Norway and Finland to organize a meeting with representatives of the United States.
He noted that Ukraine's partners also want to work toward ending the war diplomatically, so that a lasting and just peace can be established.
The goal of the talks is to develop a peace proposal that can be presented to the Russian Federation. Axios, citing its own sources, wrote that after meeting Zelensky, Victoff would travel to Russia for a meeting with the illegitimate Russian president Vladimir Putin.
However, Støre noted that the powers granted to Victoff and Kushner to conduct negotiations on behalf of Trump will be decisive for the success of the current meeting. Kushner will participate remotely, this was reported on the Norwegian government website. The media wrote that the reason for his physical absence in Oslo was illness with the flu. At the same time, NRK could not confirm or deny Axios's information that representatives of the E4 group, the European Union, and NATO would also participate in the talks.
The Chief Scientific Officer of the Armed Forces Research Institute (FFI) expressed the view that Norway was chosen for this meeting because there was a need for a place where both sides could feel somewhat comfortable, NRK quotes. He also emphasized that Zelensky personally asked Norway and Finland to organize this meeting.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported that Zelensky arrived in Oslo after Victoff.
The New York Times wrote that the U.S. president's special representatives would meet Putin in Saint Petersburg 21 in October and that Kushner would also fly to the Russian Federation. According to the publication, they would discuss freeing an American detained in the United States, Stephen Gabbard, 75-year-old man who, in the 2022-th year, was detained on charges of participating in the war on Ukraine's side and sentenced to over six years in prison. At the same time, the Kremlin stated that they would announce later where and when the negotiations would take place, wrote Radio Free Europe.
White House correspondent David Sanger noted that in Trump’s view Ukraine could gain financially if it agrees to drop objections to the agreement—even one largely framed on Russia’s terms. With such a message, in his view, the American side would address Zelensky in Oslo.
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