Putin's special envoy says progress in talks on ending the war

Dmitriev said meetings with key members of the U.S. administration were about resuming the dialog between Russia and the United States, which was completely halted under Joe Biden's presidency, but the Trump administration, he said, is set on resolving the entire spectrum of issues and hears Russia's position, RFE/RL reported.

“But we would emphasize that President Trump's administration, key people in the administration are geared up to address the full range of issues in U.S.-Russian relations, they are geared up to address geopolitical issues, they hear Russia's position on many issues,” he said.

Russia and the US have made significant progress on Ukraine.

“And also we see that significant progress has already been made. For example, under the leadership of President Putin and President Trump, an agreement has been reached on actually not striking energy infrastructure between Russia and Ukraine, which is certainly the first such step in de-escalating the Ukrainian conflict,” he said.

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