STOCKHOLM, October 21. /TASS/. The US president’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, held another meeting with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store at Oslo Airport before returning to the United States, Norway’s NRK television reported.
According to the report, Witkoff briefed Store about his negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The talks lasted for an hour, and after that the US envoy immediately departed to his home country.
On October 20, a Ukrainian delegation headed by Vladimir Zelensky and Witkoff met in Oslo. On the American side, US president's son-in-law Jared Kushner participated via video link. The meeting was also attended by Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store and Finnish President Alexander Stubb. Next, Witkoff went to Russia for negotiations.
Witkoff’s talks with Putin, which took place in Russia’s second largest city of St. Petersburg, lasted around three hours and focused primarily on Ukrainian settlement.