US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff has said that Russian leader Vladimir Putin was open to a permanent peace deal with Ukraine.
DAILY POST reports that Trump has been pressing Moscow and Kyiv to agree to a ceasefire but has failed to extract any major concessions from the Kremlin, despite repeated negotiations between Russian and US officials.
Recall that Witkoff on Friday met with Putin in Saint Petersburg, their third meeting since the Republican leader returned to the White House in January.
Speaking in an interview with Fox News, Witkoff said that he sees a peace deal emerging, stating that two key Putin advisers; Yuri Ushakov and Kirill Dmitriev were in the compelling meeting.
“Putin’s request is to get to have a permanent peace here. So beyond the ceasefire, we got an answer to that.
“I think we might be on the verge of something that would be very, very important for the world at large” Witkoff said.
According to him, the business deals between Russia and the United States were also part of the negotiations.
