U.S. peculiar Envoy for the mediate East Steve Witkoff He estimated that the agreement with Russia on the war was "getting out" and possibly change relations between the 2 countries.
Witkoff, held on Friday 4.5-hour meeting in St. Petersburg with Russian leader Vladimir Putin and spoke with his advisors – Yuri Ushakov and Kiri Dmitriev – reported his conversations in an interview with Fox News publicist Sean Hannit. As he stated, Putin presented his conditions for achieving lasting peace.
War in Ukraine. Putin makes the terms. “We have received an answer”
– At the end, (Putin) left – finally, but I don't mean it in a way that we waited, but that it took us a while to get to this place – what Putin's demands to accomplish a permanent peace. Well In addition to the ceasefire, we received an answer. said president Trump's advisor.
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Witkoff did not betray what Putin demanded, but stated that the peace agreement afraid primarily ‘these alleged 5 territories’ – annexed by Russia circuits of Ukraine – but besides many another matters.
– It's about Security protocols, NATO or not NATO, article V, I mean, it's just, there's quite a few details involved. This is simply a complicated situation that has its roots in any truly problematic things going on between the 2 countries," said the envoy. However, he estimated that both countries could be "at the edge of something that would be very, very crucial to the full world."
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– In addition, I believe that there is simply a anticipation to transform Russia-United States relations through certain very compelling trade opportunitieswhich, in my opinion, besides give the region real stability," he said.
Witkoff besides spoke in an interview in Fox News about his meeting with the head of the Iranian MFA Abbas Aragchi in Oman. At the same time, he mentioned the US's demands for a simplification in Iran's atomic program, suggesting that Trump does not request Tehran to complete the installation. These include limiting the level of uranium enrichment to 3.67% of the current 60%, which would represent a return to the terms of the JCPOA atomic agreement, from which Trump withdrew during his first word of office.
For this, Witkoff stated that it was essential thorough verification of Iran's uranium enrichment programme, and held by Iran rockets.
