President Trump’s senior aide on Russia negotiations, Steve Witkoff, arrived in Russia on Friday, the Kremlin stated, as American and Russian officers try to reignite talks over the conflict in Ukraine which have appeared stalled in current weeks.
Dmitri S. Peskov, the Kremlin’s spokesman, instructed reporters that Mr. Witkoff had flown into Russia however refused to say whether or not the envoy would meet with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia. Earlier, the Kremlin stated that Mr. Putin could be working away from Moscow on Friday.
If a gathering takes place, it might be Mr. Witkoff’s third with Mr. Putin since Moscow and Washington started working to reset the connection and discover methods to finish the conflict in Ukraine.
The information of Mr. Witkoff’s journey to Russia was first reported by Axios.
Mr. Witkoff not too long ago turned the primary senior American official to journey to Moscow to fulfill with Mr. Putin since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in early 2022. The Biden administration lower off contact with Mr. Putin and accused him of committing crimes in opposition to humanity in Ukraine.
Delegated by Mr. Trump as his trusted envoy, Mr. Witkoff has appeared to pursue a distinct method. After his first assembly within the Kremlin, Mr. Witkoff said that he had tried to develop “a friendship, a relationship” with Mr. Putin.
