Putin’s envoy says new Russia-U.S. contacts may continue next week
Russia-U.S. contacts may continue next week, Interfax reported, citing Russian President Vladimir Putin’s investment envoy Kirill Dmitriev.
Dmitriev recently flew to Washington for a round of talks with officials from President Donald Trump’s administration.
Following the discussions, Dmitriev said that he saw a “positive dynamic” in relations between Moscow and Washington, adding that the talks had touched on matters as wide-ranging as rare metals production, cooperation in the Arctic and even crewed flight to Mars, as well as working to restore direct air links.
Dmitriev’s visit to Washington follows U.S.-Russian talks in Saudi Arabia and an agreement on U.S.-brokered ceasefires against energy targets and allowing problem-free navigation in the Black Sea.
Separately, U.S. National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett told ABC News on Sunday that President Trump decided not to apply tariffs to Russia due to the continuing negotiations over the war in Ukraine.
Dmitriev, quoted by Russian agencies, said U.S. companies were interested in Russia and “wanted to fill the niches of European companies that have left. We see that the ideological limitations which exist among European companies could well enable American companies to fill a series of niches”.
