Witkoff calls talks with Putin "compelling" - Bloomberg
President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff called his talks with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin last week ‘’compelling,‘’ saying they were discussing steps that could end the war in Ukraine and possibly lead to business opportunities.
According to Censor.NET, Bloomberg reports this with reference to Witkoff's interview with Fox News.
Donald Trump's special envoy said that Putin had made his request to secure "a permanent peace," that accoding to Witkoff "took a while for us to get to."
The key to an overall agreement, Witkoff said, revolves around "five territories." He didn’t provide more details, but Russia insists that its seizure of parts of Ukraine since 2014, including Crimea, Luhansk and Donetsk, must be recognized in any accord.
While Putin has previously demanded that Ukraine be barred from ever becoming a member of NATO, Witkoff said he also raised issues related to the bloc’s central tenet that an attack on one member constitutes an attack against all members.
"This peace deal is about these so-called five territories, but there’s so much more to it. I think we might be on the verge of something that would be very, very important for the world at large. I see a possibility to reshape the Russian-United States relationship through some very compelling commercial opportunities that I think give real stability to the region too," Witkoff said.
As a reminder, several senior officials of US President Donald Trump, including US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Ukraine envoy Keith Kellogg, have been urging him to be more careful in his dealings with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin.
