Putin’s particular envoy Dmitriev to journey to Davos, meet members of U.S. delegation, sources say

MOSCOW, Jan 19 (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin’s particular envoy Kirill Dmitriev will journey to the Swiss resort of Davos this week and maintain conferences with members of the U.S. delegation on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum, two sources with information of the go to informed Reuters on situation of anonymity.

Ukraine’s prime negotiator Rustem Umerov stated on Sunday that talks with U.S. officers on a decision of the practically four-year-old conflict with Russia would proceed on the World Economic Forum (WEF) this week.

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Trump will attend this 12 months’s annual assembly in particular person, after addressing the gathering by video hyperlink final 12 months. He can be accompanied by a big U.S. delegation.

The Kremlin has stated that it’s making ready to welcome U.S. Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner to Moscow for peace talks on Ukraine, however that no dates have been set but.

Dmitriev travelled to the U.S. in December and held two days of talks with Witkoff and Kushner. He briefed Putin after coming back from the journey.

Witkoff and Kushner later met with officers from Ukraine and Europe, after which individually with the Ukrainian delegation, led Umerov. Witkoff referred to as the talks “productive and constructive.”

Trump and Putin mentioned the Ukraine conflict throughout a phone name on December 29 that was described by the White House as “positive.”

In an interview with Reuters on January 14, Trump stated that Ukraine, not Russia, is holding up a possible peace deal, in an announcement that stands in marked distinction to that of the European leaders.

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