The American special envoy Steve Witkoff is expected to meet in Washington with the head of Russian negotiator Kirill Dmitriev, according to the person who is familiar with the plans, efforts to exterminate tensions after Donald Trump averted frustration with counterpart Vladimir Putin.
Trump said NBC News at the weekend that he was “angry” with the Russian President and threatened secondary tariffs on Russian oil buyers, if Putin refused a ceasefire with Ukraine, rare public criticism of Moscow by the US President.
Dmitriev, 49, operates the Russian sovereign Fund of Wealth and has played an important role in interviews between the US and Russia. His presence in US capital emphasizes prospects for greater business cooperation between the two countries about potential projects, including the Arctic and liquefied natural gas. He is a former investment banker Goldman Sachs Group Inc., who was educated at Stanford and Harvard universities and has links to Putin’s family.
The White House National Security Council refused to express itself. CNN previously reported on the plans that Witkoff and Dmitriev meet.
American officials were increasingly frustrated by Moscow’s slow passing. What seemed to be a breakthrough over a partial ceasefire in the Black Sea last week disintegrated quickly after Russian officials said they were dependent on sanctions. This statement was contrary to the US statement on the introduction of the agreements.
Russia and Ukraine also exchanged charges of failure to comply with the conditions of a partial ceasefire, including the affecting of the energy sites of others.
The White House continues to push both sides for a full break in the fight in the Russian three -year invasion of Ukraine and originally focused on the ceasefire of Easter. This ambition seems to disappear because some American officials are beginning to float that Moscow and Kiev may not soon reach the agreement, people who introduced this matter said.
Meanwhile, a group of 50 Republican and democratic senators presented Tuesday a sanction package that hit Russia if it refuses to engage in a ceasefire negotiations in good faith with Ukraine or violates a possible agreement. It is not clear to what extent Trump would be ready to act according to such a threat.
On Monday, the US President has alleviated some of his weekends comments. Trump told reporters that he believes that Putin will follow, and added, “I don’t want to go on his oil secondary tariffs, but I think you know something I would do if I thought he wasn’t doing this work.”
Instead, Trump redirected his anger to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenka and criticized the news that his government was looking for new conditions for the partnership of the natural resources that Trump demanded.
With the help of Skylar Woodhouse and Kate Sullivan.
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