Dublin, Nov. 14 -- US Special Envoy Jared Kushner on Saturday (local time) said that Washington's current focus is on facilitating direct engagement between Moscow and European partners as diplomatic efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine conflict move towards the next round of trilateral negotiations involving Russia, Ukraine and the United States.

In a post on X, Kushner said he and US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff had remained in close consultation with Russia, Ukraine and their European partners following the first round of trilateral meetings and subsequent discussions with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

"Our focus now is on facilitating direct engagement between Moscow and European partners ...