Russian President Vladimir Putin’s economic envoy Kirill Dmitriev was holding talks with US officials in Florida on Saturday, a source close to the matter told AFP.
“The talks started early, at 8 am EST (1300 GMT),” the source said on condition of anonymity.
Dmitriev, who has represented Russia in negotiations on ending the Ukraine war, said on Instagram earlier that he was “back in Miami,” without elaborating.
It was 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.
