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It lasted 4 hours .. Details of the meeting between Putin and Trump envoy

A meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump Steve Witkev’s contract ended in Saint Petersburg, and discussions have continued for more than four hours and especially dealt with Ukraine’s file, according to Friday, Russian news agencies.
According to the RIA Novosti and TAST agency, the talks lasted four hours and thirty minutes. The Ezvisteia newspaper reported to Telegram that the two delegations left the presidential library, where the meeting was held.

Putin meeting and Trump envoy

The Kremlin said in a brief statement that “the Russian head of state met the special envoy of the President of the United States of America, Steve Witkeov,” the Kremlin said in a brief statement. He added that “the meeting focused on the aspects of the Ukrainian settlement.”
Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov had previously stated that no diplomatic “breakthroughs” expected from this meeting, the third between Vladimir Putin and Steve Whitovy since February.

Putin meeting and Trump envoy - AFP

Conflict in Ukraine

The Donald Trump administration, which wants to end the conflict in Ukraine quickly, has been conducting separate talks with the Russians and Ukrainians for several weeks. But these discussions have not yet resulted in a comprehensive stop of hostilities.
Earlier on Friday, Wittakov met in St. Petersburg with the chief economic negotiator of the Kremlin Kirill Dmitriev, who visited Washington in early April on the first visit of a senior Russian official to the United States since Russia has launched its attack in Ukraine in February 2022.

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