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Add as preferred source on GoogleUS envoy Steve Witkoff presented proposals in Paris to end the Russia-Ukraine war, including a ceasefire, security guarantees, and territorial agreements.
LONDON (Reuters) - Reuters has seen the text of a set of proposals to end Russia's war in Ukraine that were presented to European officials by U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff at talks in Paris on April 17.
The text of the document is published in full with no changes.
Russia-Ukraine Deal Framework
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Overview: These terms represent the final offer from the United States to both sides.
Ceasefire
* Permanent ceasefire * Both sides immediately engage in technical implementationnegotiationsUkraine security guarantee
* Ukraine receives robust security guarantee * Guarantor states will be an ad hoc grouping of Europeanstates plus willing non-European states * Ukraine will not seek to join NATO * Ukraine may pursue EU membershipTerritory
* US provides de jure recognition of Russian control ofCrimea * US provides de facto recognition of Russian control ofLuhansk * US provides de facto recognition of Russian-controlledparts of Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, and Kherson * Ukraine regains territory in Kharkiv Oblast * Ukraine regains control of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear PowerPlant through US control and administration of the plant, withelectricity distributed to both sides, and also the Kakhovka Dam * Ukraine enjoys unhindered passage on Dnieper River andcontrol of the Kinburn SpitEconomics
* United States and Ukraine will implement economiccooperation/minerals agreement * Ukraine to be fully reconstructed and compensatedfinancially * Sanctions on Russia resulting from this conflict since2014 will be removed * U.S.-Russian economic cooperation on energy and otherindustrial sectors(Reporting by Reuters, Editing by Timothy Heritage)
The main topic is the US proposals for a peace deal to end the Russia-Ukraine conflict, discussed in Paris.
The proposal includes a permanent ceasefire, security guarantees for Ukraine, territorial recognition, and economic cooperation.
The proposals were presented by US envoy Steve Witkoff to European officials in Paris.
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