Witkoff and Kushner arrive in Moscow for talks with Putin
U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, arrived in Moscow on the morning of November 12.
The Russian state news agency TASS reported that Kirill Dmitriev, the Russian president’s special representative for investment and economic cooperation with foreign countries and head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), met them at Vnukovo Airport.
Kushner and Witkoff are expected to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin before traveling to Dublin for talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
It remains unclear exactly what the meetings will address. Kushner said only that the talks would cover topics raised during the trilateral negotiations in Abu Dhabi on November 10–11.
After the talks in Abu Dhabi, Vladimir Medinsky, head of the Russian delegation, said the two sides had “moved closer to peace.” Davyd Arakhamia, representing the Ukrainian side, said there was “good momentum” toward reaching an agreement by the New Year.
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