Trump envoys arrive in Moscow ahead of Ukraine talks
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Steve Witkoff en Jared Kushner kwamen in Moskou aan vóór belangrijke gesprekken over de oorlog in Oekraïne.
Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Moscow before important talks about the war in Ukraine.
De twee mannen treden op als hoge gezanten van de Amerikaanse president Donald Trump.
The two men are acting as senior envoys for US President Donald Trump.
Hun bezoek moet nieuwe diplomatieke inspanningen om het conflict te beëindigen ondersteunen.
Their visit is meant to support new efforts to end the conflict through diplomacy.
In Moskou ontmoetten zij Kirill Dmitriev en begonnen zij gesprekken met de Russische zijde.
In Moscow, they met Kirill Dmitriev and began discussions with the Russian side.
Trump zei dat de gezanten een voorstel bij zich hadden om de oorlog te beëindigen.
Trump said the envoys were carrying a proposal intended to end the war.
Eerdere pogingen van de Verenigde Staten en hun bondgenoten hadden geen grote doorbraak opgeleverd.
Earlier attempts by the United States and its allies had not produced a major breakthrough.
De gesprekken wekten daarom hoge verwachtingen, hoewel er nog ernstige meningsverschillen waren.
The discussions therefore carried high expectations, although serious disagreements remained.
Rusland en Oekraïne stemden ook in met een pauze van drie dagen in aanvallen op elkaars hoofdsteden.
Russia and Ukraine also agreed to pause attacks on each other’s capital cities for three days.
Na Moskou wilde de delegatie naar Kyiv reizen voor gesprekken met Oekraïense functionarissen.
After Moscow, the delegation planned to travel to Kyiv for talks with Ukrainian officials.
Vocabulary (Dutch)
- envoy
- gezant
- diplomacy
- diplomatie
- proposal
- voorstel
- breakthrough
- doorbraak
- disagreement
- meningsverschil
- to pause attacks
- aanvallen onderbreken
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