Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff said he would be traveling with Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner to Moscow on Thursday and that they would meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
– “Well, look, we have to go meet him on Thursday,” Witkoff told
– “But it’s the Russians who are asking for that meeting. I think that’s a significant statement on their part,” he said.
– The Kremlin said last week it was preparing to welcome Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Moscow for peace talks on Ukraine, but that no dates had been set.
– Asked if Putin was joining Trump’s Board of Peace, Witkoff said “I think so,” and reiterated that an invitation to do so had been extended to Putin.
– Ukraine’s top negotiator Rustem Umerov said last week that talks with U.S. officials on a resolution of the nearly four-year-old war with Russia would continue at the World Economic Forum this week in the Swiss resort of Davos.
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