The joint statement is now supposed to be released tomorrow morning.
Interesting quotations:
Yaroslav Trofimov, the Wall Street Journal’s chief foreign affairs correspondent, wrote on X: “It’s clear from this that the only difference between Steve Witkoff’s and Vladmir Putin’s views on the war in Ukraine is that Putin actually knows the names of all the five Ukrainian regions he wants to keep.”
Former Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis wrote on X: “Witkoff’s repeating of Kremlin lies about ‘russian-speakers’ wanting to ‘join Russia’ is truly chilling. This is nothing less than carte blanche for Putin’s genocidal imperialism. Hearing Americans talk like this should be an electric shock for Europe, not a wakeup call.”
Mark Dubowitz, CEO of the think-tank Foundation for Defense of Democracies, wrote on X: “Steve Witkoff is adopting the Iran regime’s language of ‘verification’ instead of President Trump’s language of ‘dismantlement.’ That’s a MASSIVE difference. This would be even worse than the Obama deal of 2015.”