Ukrainian foreign minister reveals details of postponement of Trump’s envoy visit to Kyiv

Tuesday, 7 January 2025

The visit of General Keith Kellogg, US Special Envoy for Russia and Ukraine, will take place "in due time".

"The meeting and visits of General Kellogg are extremely important for us. I am sure that this meeting will take place in due time. We are in contact to clearly define the time frame to hold it [the meeting].

For us, this meeting and General Kellogg's visits are extremely important. And I am sure that this meeting will take place in due time," Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said at a press conference with his Icelandic counterpart, Katrín Gunnarsdóttir, in Kyiv, as quoted by Interfax-Ukraine.

The foreign minister also stressed that Ukraine welcomes "all visits from our American friends".

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"This is the first position. The second is that we hope that after the inauguration [of US President Trump], the new administration heads’ first visits will be to Ukraine," he added.

Reuters reported, citing four sources from Trump's inner circle, that Keith Kellogg had postponed his trip to Kyiv, which had been planned earlier.

The US general said he was preparing visits to listen to both parties' positions on the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

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