The foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov said it. Friday would be the deadline and neither USA nor Ukraine spoke after the talks of more than three hours.
The Kremlin declared that the conversations with the US were “constructive”, after the encounter between the American envoy Steve Witkoff And the Russian President Vladimir Putin. It took days before the deadline imposed by Donald Trump To agree on a fire in Ukraine.
The foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov He said the two parties had exchanged “signals” as part of “constructive” conversations in Moscow, the BBC said.
He also said that Russia and the US discussed the possibility of a Strategic cooperationbut they refused to share more until Witkoff had informed the US president.
Last conversations between Russia and the US were “constructive”
The conversations seemed cordial despite Trump’s growing tension due to the lack of advances in negotiations between Moscow and kyiv.
Various Russian media showed him Witkoff walking through the center of Moscow with Putin’s envoy, Kirill Dmitriev, This Wednesday morning. Later, he saw him with Putin shaking his hand in a golden hall of the Kremlin.
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There were no immediate comments from the US or Ukraine after the conversations, which lasted more than three hours. Trump said Russia could face strong sanctions or see sanctions in its buyers if it does not take measures to end the “horrible war” with Ukraine.
Shortly after Moscow’s Witkoff departure, the White House said Trump had signed an executive order that imposed a 25% tariff on India for buying Russian oil.
The expectations that an agreement will be reached on Friday are low, while Russia continues with large -scale air attacks against Ukraine despite Trump’s threats.
Donald Trump rises 50% Indian tariffs for their oil purchases to Russia
He President of the United States, Donald Trumpintensified its commercial pressure on India by signing on Wednesday an executive order that establishes an additional tariff of 25% for its acquisitions of Russian crude oilwhich elevates the leans combined against that country at 50%.
The measure will have a grace period 21 days before entering into forcea temporary window that both New Delhi and Moscow could take the opportunity to start negotiations with Washington about these import taxes.
Source: Ambito
