Kirill Dmitriev, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s investment envoy, met with U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff on Friday in St. Petersburg, according to the state-run TASS news agency.
Witkoff, who arrived in Russia's second-largest city earlier in the day, may also hold further talks with President Putin, though no official confirmation of such a meeting has been made.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov indicated that any meeting between Putin and Witkoff would be announced if the Russian president’s schedule allowed for it, as reported by Interfax. The discussions come amid ongoing diplomatic engagements between the two countries.
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