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Update: Witkoff and Kushner head into the Kremlin to brief Putin on the Abu Dhabi talks; Kremlin aide says no position worked out yet
U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner walked from their Moscow hotel to the Kremlin on Thursday for a meeting with Vladimir Putin, AP reported, after two days of U.S.-mediated Russia-Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi that ended with an agreement on a large prisoner exchange. Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov held preliminary consultations with the two envoys at the Four Seasons Hotel near the Kremlin before the meeting, APA reported; Russian state media quoted Ushakov as saying no position had been worked out yet. The envoys were met at Vnukovo Airport by Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev, CNBC reported, citing TASS.
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- APUS envoys go to meet Putin at the Kremlin following Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi
- APAPutin's aide holds preliminary consultations with Witkoff and Kushner
- RIA NovostiУшаков провел с Уиткоффом и Кушнером консультации перед переговорами с Путиным