Akshay DidwaniyaAn awkward moment hit the Zelensky Dublin meeting with US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, when a crowd of water bottles took over the table.
An odd scene unfolded at the Zelensky Dublin meeting with US special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. The cause was an unusually large number of water bottles.
A Small Room and 16 Bottles
The talks took place in a cramped room. Sixteen bottles sat on the table. Footage from the event shows a visibly nervous Zelensky rushing to move them elsewhere. Rustem Umerov, head of Ukraine’s foreign intelligence service, quickly joined in. Aides in the room helped too.
A Voice From Off Camera
At that moment, someone behind the camera asked what was happening.
“What is this,” the man asked.
“I’m in shock myself,” someone replied.
Witkoff and Kushner Look On
Witkoff also seemed surprised and kept glancing around the room. Kushner, the son in law of the US president, had to lift bottles off the negotiating table.
The Road to Dublin
The American negotiators met Vladimir Putin yesterday, after trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi. After that, they headed to Dublin to meet the Ukrainian leader.
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