# Witkoff thanks Putin on Trump’s behalf for diesel deal

https://mins.news/en/item/109309

- TASS, 2026-10-21 10:50 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2205345

> US Special Presidential Envoy Steve Witkoff thanked Russian President Vladimir Putin on behalf of Donald Trump for lifting export controls on Russian diesel and supplying the United States and global markets. Witkoff called the decision a very important act amid an economic shock, saying farmers, truckers and people worldwide had been affected by the diesel crisis.

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