# Witkoff conveys Trump’s best wishes to Putin

https://mins.news/en/item/46877

- TASS, 2026-09-05 18:48 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2183221

> US Presidential Envoy Steve Witkoff conveyed President Donald Trump’s best wishes to Russian President Vladimir Putin at the start of their Kremlin meeting. Witkoff also thanked Putin for agreeing to halt airstrikes for three days, saying the pause allowed them to travel safely for talks without strikes on Kyiv or Moscow.

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