Putin's special envoy Dmitriev travels to the US to meet with Witkoff and Kushner

Russian President's special envoy Kirill Dmitriev is traveling to the US, where he plans to hold talks with representatives of Donald Trump's administration, including Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. The meetings are to take place in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.

Reuters reports this, as cited by The Guardian. According to the news agency, besides Witkoff and Kushner, Dmitriev intends to meet with other representatives of the US administration.

A detailed agenda for the upcoming talks has not yet been publicly disclosed. However, in recent months Dmitriev has been one of the main Russian representatives maintaining contacts with Trump's team as part of American attempts to end Russia's war against Ukraine.

A new round of contacts comes immediately after talks between Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in New York. On September 23, the sides discussed the war against Ukraine and Russian-American relations, but did not report any concrete agreements on ending hostilities.

Dmitriev has already participated repeatedly in meetings with Witkoff and Kushner. On September 5, the American representatives arrived in Moscow for talks with Vladimir Putin, and Dmitriev met them at the airport and took part in subsequent contacts. After Moscow, Witkoff and Kushner headed to Kyiv for talks with the Ukrainian side.

Dmitriev heads the Russian Direct Investment Fund and serves as the Russian President's special representative for investment and economic cooperation with foreign countries. In contacts with the Trump administration, he discussed not only a possible end to the war, but also prospects for restoring Russian-American economic ties.

The upcoming meetings in New York are taking place amid ongoing disagreements over the terms for ending hostilities. Ukraine says it is ready for a complete ceasefire and negotiations, while the Russian side on September 23 again made it clear that it does not intend to stop military action as a precondition for the negotiation process.

Sources: The Guardian / Reuters