Karasin called Witkoff's visit to Moscow a positive fact

Dialogue between the Russian Federation and the United States is necessary, and there is no sensible alternative to it. This was stated to Izvestia by the head of the Federation Council's International Affairs Committee, Grigory Karasin.

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"It is important that contacts continue, and the current visit of the special representative of the President of the United States is a positive, constructive fact. I hope that it will lead to an expansion of cooperation between the two countries and will contribute to solving practical issues of the Ukrainian crisis. The optimism from such contacts is becoming more noticeable," he said.

On August 6, Russian President Vladimir Putin received Special Envoy of the President of the United States Stephen Witkoff in the Kremlin. The negotiations, which both sides assessed as successful, lasted about three hours.

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