Diplomacy: Kremlin names a envoy to Washington possible

The Kremlin has confirmed media reports about a planned meeting of the Russian official Kirill Dmitrijew with the US specialist Steve Witkoff in Washington. “Yes, I can confirm that, such a trip is possible,” said Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskow. Russia continues dialogue with the United States about the termination of the war in Ukraine on different channels.

The US broadcaster CNN had previously reported that Kremlin consultant Dmitrijew wanted to travel to Washington this week. It would be the first trip of a high -ranking Russian official to the United States since the beginning of the war. Dmitrijew also represented Russia in a negotiation round with the United States in Saudi Arabia. The head of the Russian fund for direct investments is still still on sanction lists of the White House. At least temporarily, they would have to be overridden to enter the USA.

The latest statements by US President Donald Trump on possible sanctions against Russia, if Kremchef Vladimir Putin should delay negotiations on peace in Ukraine, answered Peskow with new allegations against Kiev. Putin is open to peace negotiations that Kiev alone is not ready to go this way. This is evident from the fact that Russia adheres to the moratorium on strokes against the enemy’s energy systems, while Ukraine does not do so.

Trump and Putin had agreed a partial weapon rest on a phone call two weeks ago. Accordingly, energy systems should be spared attacks. A day later, the Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj also agreed to him after a conversation with Trump. However, both sides regularly accuse each other of breaking this agreement.