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White House confirms Witkoff to travel to Russia this week

Kremlin Foreign Policy Aide Yury Ushakov earlier said Witkoff plans to visit Moscow this week

WASHINGTON, April 22. /TASS/. US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff will this week travel to Russia, where he expects to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters.

She said she met earlier on Tuesday with US President Donald Trumpov and Witkoff in the Oval Office.

"They wanted everybody to know that the negotiations continue. We feel again, we're hopefully moving in the right direction," she said.

Kremlin Foreign Policy Aide Yury Ushakov earlier said Witkoff plans to visit Moscow this week. Witkoff most recently visited Russia on April 11 and met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg. They spoke for more than four hours, focusing on a Ukrainian settlement. No other details of the conversation have been reported.

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