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Russian negotiator is in Florida for talks with US officials: source
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleRussian President Vladimir Putin’s top economic envoy Kirill Dmitriev is meeting US officials in Florida today, a source close to the matter said.
“The talks started early, at 8 a.m. EST (1300 GMT),” the source tells AFP on condition of anonymity.
Dmitriev said on social media earlier that he was “back in Miami,” without elaborating.
It is not clear which US officials were present at the meeting.
The meeting came just a day before Ukrainian and Russian negotiators were scheduled to meet in Abu Dhabi to discuss a US-backed plan to end the nearly four-year Ukraine war.
The US says both sides are close to a deal, but they have so far been unable to find a compromise on the key issue of territory in a post-war settlement, according to Kyiv.
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