Kremlin confirms arrival of US presidential envoy in Russia
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov silent on whether US official will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin
MOSCOW
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff has arrived in Russia for talks, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed on Friday.
Speaking at a press briefing in Moscow, Peskov neither confirmed nor denied whether Witkoff would meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin but pedged to tell the public if such a meeting occurs.
"Yes, I confirm, he has indeed arrived," Peskov said.
Earlier on Friday, US media outlets reported on Witkoff's visit to Russia, suggesting that he was scheduled to have a third face-to-face meeting with Putin later that day.
Flight tracking service FlightRadar24 showed Witkoff's plane landing in St. Petersburg on Friday morning.
The envoy's arrival in Russia comes a day after the second round of Russian-American talks on normalizing diplomatic relations concluded in Istanbul.
