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

By Elena Teslova

MOSCOW (AA) - 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.

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