US Particular Envoy to the Center East Steve Witkoff was on “Fox News Sunday” with host Shannon Bream and mentioned ceasefire talks between Russia and Ukraine.
“Are you satisfied he needs peace?” Bream requested of Putin.
“I really feel that he needs peace. The President had two very productive calls this week, or final week I ought to say, one with President Zelensky, one with President Putin. I used to be in on, I sat and listened to each of them,” Witkoff mentioned.
“A number of progress bought made final week. The events agreed to an vitality infrastructure moratorium on assaults,” Witkoff mentioned.
“The place do you get to that evaluation about him not being a nasty man?” Bream requested of Putin.
“You recognize Shannon, I met with President Putin twice on the course of the President as a result of every thing I do is at his course they usually had been, they had been productive conferences,” Witkoff mentioned.
“President Putin instructed me on the first assembly that he had no dialog with the prior administration, particularly President Biden for 3 and a half years,” Witkoff continued.
“We mentioned actual methods to finish this battle. That led to a second dialog,” Witkoff mentioned.
Witkoff defined that President Trump’s technique is peace by energy.
“That is at President Trump’s course. His philosophy of peace by energy brings individuals to the desk to clear up misconceptions and to get peace offers performed,” Witkoff defined.
Bream additionally requested about how Putin is perceived relating to tyranny.
“Do you’re feeling like there’s a false impression although concerning the characterization of him as a tyrant,” Bream requested of Putin.
“There are grievances on each side, however our job and on the course, once more I stress of the President, our job is to slender the problems, carry the events collectively, and cease the killing,” Witkoff mentioned.
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