The Federation Council commented on the visit of Trump's special envoy Witkoff

There is currently an exchange of views between Moscow and Washington. Andrei Klimov, Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council's International Affairs Committee, said this on Friday, April 11, commenting on the visit of US President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff to Russia.

"This process has been curtailed for four years. Now we have to make these contacts more often. I do not know how they will end. But it is important that this process is underway. This increases the likelihood of normalization of Russian-American relations," the senator said in an interview with Lenta.Ru .

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Moscow and Washington discussed the restoration of embassy staff and direct flights, and exchanged prisoners.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced Witkoff's arrival in Russia this morning, according to NSN.

Later, he clarified that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Witkoff would talk about aspects of resolving the conflict in Ukraine, RT reports. Peskov added that the Russian leader and the special envoy of the American president may discuss the topic of Putin's meeting with Trump. 360.ru .

Earlier that day, Witkoff's motorcade appeared at the Grand Europe Hotel in St. Petersburg.

The Russian leader's last meeting with Witkoff took place on the evening of March 13. On the CBS News channel on March 16, the special envoy of the American president said that at the talks in Moscow, the parties had made great progress in discussing the conflict in Ukraine. Later, on March 22, Witkoff said that Putin had given Trump a portrait of the US president painted by a Russian artist as a gift.