Washington, 25 April 2025 (dpa/MIA) - US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff is holding further talks with Vladimir Putin in Moscow two weeks after his last meeting with the Russian president, Russian officials confirmed on Friday.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Russian news agency Interfax that Putin was receiving Witkoff. State television showed the two men shaking hands. "Good to see you," Witkoff said in greeting.

The plane carrying US President Donald Trump's envoy landed at Vnukovo Airport in the capital in the morning.

Witkoff first met with Putin's economic cooperation envoy, Kirill Dmitriev. The head of the state fund for direct investments also took part in the talks between Putin and Witkoff as did Putin's foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov.

Putin and Witkoff are expected to continue discussions on a possible peace agreement in Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine.

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