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Moscow calls meeting with White House envoy 'productive'
Russian investment envoy Kirill Dmitriev described as "productive" talks between Russian president Vladimir Putin and US envoy Steve Witkoff.
"Welcome to Saint Petersburg, Russia!" Dmitriev, who attended the talks, wrote on X in English. "Productive discussions with @SteveWitkoff."
Mr Putin was shown on state TV greeting Witkoff in St Petersburg's presidential library at the start of the negotiations and state news agencies later said the talks lasted more than four hours.
"The theme of the meeting is aspects of a Ukrainian settlement," the Kremlin said in a statement after the meeting concluded.
Mr Witkoff has emerged as a key figure in the on-off rapprochement between Moscow and Washington amid talk on the Russian side of potential joint investments in the Arctic and in Russian rare earth minerals.
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar12 April 2025 04:13
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