Witkoff expects to meet with Putin – White House

US President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, is heading to Russia for another meeting with President Vladimir Putin later this week, the White House has confirmed.

Witkoff has held multiple rounds of talks with senior Russian officials, including at least three meetings with Putin, and is seen as one of the architects of the rapprochement between Moscow and Washington during Trump’s second presidency. Russian presidential adviser Yury Ushakov confirmed on Tuesday that reports of Witkoff’s upcoming visit are accurate.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told journalists later in the day that both Trump and Witkoff “wanted everybody to know that the negotiations continue.”

“We feel, again, we are hopefully moving in the right direction, and the special envoy Steve Witkoff will be heading to Russia again later this week to continue talks with Vladimir Putin,” Leavitt said…