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US President’s special envoy Steve Witkoff says he plans to travel on Thursday to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Reuters reports, citing Witkoff’s interview with CNBC.
"I think that, and then I am going to Moscow with Jared [Kushner]... And I will leave Thursday night and arrive in Moscow late at night," Witkoff told CNBC.
In a separate interview with Bloomberg, Witkoff said that significant progress has been made in recent weeks toward resolving the Ukrainian conflict.
"I know we have made more progress in the last six or seven weeks since Geneva than we have made ... in the last three or four years," he said.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed that the meeting is scheduled for Thursday.
“Yes, indeed, such contacts are on the president’s schedule for tomorrow,” Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Russian media.
Witkoff also said that he plans to hold a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, Reuters reported, quoting Witkoff's interview with CNBC.
Witkoff and Putin last met on December 2. He visited Russia six times last year. The last time the US president’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, traveled to Moscow with him.
On Tuesday, Witkoff and US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, met with Kirill Dmitriev, head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and the Russian president’s special envoy for economic cooperation with foreign countries.
The trilateral meeting took place in the US pavilion at the Davos forum and lasted more than two hours. Witkoff described the meeting to reporters as "very positive."
Dmitriev, in turn, told reporters that the meeting was "proceeding constructively, and more and more people are recognizing the correctness of Russia's position."
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