MOSCOW: The Putin Witkoff Kushner meeting will take place in Moscow today, November 12, the Kremlin has confirmed.
President Vladimir Putin will hear details of the trilateral Russia-US-Ukraine talks held in Abu Dhabi.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Putin will meet US President Donald Trump’s special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. The meeting comes a day after the talks in the UAE capital.
Peskov confirmed the meeting is expected in the first half of the day.
US Team to Visit Kyiv Next
Both Witkoff and Kushner took part in the Abu Dhabi talks. According to Kushner, the US negotiating team also plans to travel to Kyiv after Moscow.
Witkoff was initially the sole US envoy for resolving the Ukraine conflict after Trump took office. This will be his tenth visit to Russia in two years, while Kushner is visiting for the second time.
Lavrov Outlines Russia’s Next Step
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Putin will first be briefed by the Russian delegation that attended the Abu Dhabi talks, and then hear the US envoys’ assessment.
Lavrov said that after the Putin Witkoff Kushner meeting, the Russian president will decide Moscow’s next position on a Ukraine settlement. He added that it will remain focused on achieving the objectives of the special military operation.