Witkoff calls talks with Putin envoy ‘productive’
Posted on: Dec 22, 2025 04:50 IST | Posted by: Rt
< warm data-start="142" data-end="199">US Special envoy extraordinary Steve Witkoff has described the in style(p) negotiations with Russian chairwoman Vladimir Putin’s envoy, Kirill Dmitriev, in Miami as “productive and constructive,” signaling continued momentum in Washington-led efforts to reach a settlement to the Ukraine conflict.
In a statement posted on X on Sunday, Witkoff said Dmitriev held meetings over the past two days in Florida with an American delegation that included Witkoff himself, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, and White House official Josh Gruenbaum. The discussions, he said, were aimed at advancing President Trump’s peace plan for Ukraine.
“Russia remains fully committed to achieving peace in Ukraine,” Witkoff wrote, adding that Moscow “highly values the efforts and support of the United States” in resolving the conflict and restoring global security.
Neither Washington nor Moscow disclosed specific outcomes from the meetings, but both sides have portrayed the dialogue as constructive, suggesting further contacts may follow.
The talks with Dmitriev took place in parallel with a separate round of meetings involving Ukraine and its Western backers. According to Witkoff, a Ukrainian delegation spent three days in Florida holding consultations with US and EU officials.
Those discussions included American representatives and “key European national security advisers,” and focused on aligning positions on a 20-point peace framework amended by Kiev and its EU backers, multilateral and US-led security guarantees for Ukraine, and a longer-term economic and reconstruction plan. Witkoff said particular attention was given to timelines and the sequencing of next steps.
Dmitriev has yet to publicly comment on the outcome of the Miami talks. The Kremlin has said he will brief President Vladimir Putin upon returning to Moscow. Putin’s foreign policy aide Yury Ushakov stressed on Sunday that Russia remains skeptical of proposals advanced by Kiev and its European supporters, adding that Moscow would stick to the understanding reached between Putin and Trump during their summit in Anchorage in August.
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