Trump's envoys Witkoff meets Russian envoy in Davos

Olha Kovalchuk, STANISLAV POHORILOV — 20 January, 21:33
Trump's envoys Witkoff meets Russian envoy in Davos
Kirill Dmitriev and Steve Witkoff. Photo: Getty Images

US President Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff has met Kirill Dmitriev, an envoy of Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin, on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos.

Source: TASS, a Kremlin-aligned Russian news agency, as reported by European Pravda

Details: It was reported that US President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner had also attended the meeting.

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According to TASS, Dmitriev's talks with Trump's representatives lasted more than two hours and focused on a "US plan" to end the war.

TASS said that Witkoff described the talks with Putin's representative as "positive".

Dmitriev said that the meeting had been "constructive" and claimed that more people "understand the correctness" of Russia's position on ending the war.

Background:

  • Earlier, Axios reported that US President Donald Trump was still planning to hold a meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
  • Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that the presence of concrete results as a condition for a meeting with the US side.
  • It was also reported earlier that the signing in Davos of a US$800 billion "prosperity plan" for Ukraine by Trump and Zelenskyy was cancelled.

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