Trump envoy Steve Witkoff to meet Russian negotiator at White House
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President Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff will meet with Russian negotiator Kirill Dmitriev at the White House on Wednesday, sources told CBS News.
Dmitriev is the first Russian official to visit the White House since the first Trump administration, as no Russian officials made the trip during the Biden presidency. Multiple sources confirmed to CBS News that the Treasury Department temporarily lifted sanctions so that the State Department could issue the necessary visa for him to travel here.
Witkoff, initially appointed as Trump's envoy to the Middle East, has emerged as a key negotiator in the new administration. He previously met with Dmitriev as well as other high-level Russian officials in Riyadh in February for a round of ceasefire talks, three years after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
