On 5 September, Vladimir Putin held talks lasting more than three hours at the Kremlin with US President\u2019s special representatives Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. The main topic was Russia\u2019s war against Ukraine and possible options for resolving it; the parties also touched upon economic relations. No announcement was made regarding any agreed decision or breakthrough following the meeting.<\/p>\n
Briefly about the main points<\/strong><\/p>\n On the Russian side, together with Putin<\/strong> his assistant took part in the conversation Yuriy Ushakov<\/strong> and the Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation Kirill Dmitriev<\/strong>. Ushakov described the meeting as substantive, constructive and frank, as well as timely and beneficial to both sides.<\/p>\n The White House also described the talks as substantive and said that further steps would be announced at a later date. At the start of the meeting Vitkoff<\/strong> conveyed greetings from the US President to Putin Donald Trump<\/strong>.<\/p>\n According to Ushakov, Putin presented the American delegation with Russia\u2019s assessment of events on the battlefield. He claimed there had been a so-called \u00abreal advance\u00bb by Russian troops and expressed Moscow\u2019s confidence in achieving its objectives, whilst also reiterating the need to address the so-called \u00abroot causes of the conflict\u00bb.<\/p>\n Reuters notes that this is not the first time Moscow has used such wording. The Kremlin continues to demand that Ukraine make territorial concessions and abandon its pursuit of NATO membership, whilst Kyiv rejects these conditions.<\/p>\n Vitkoff and Kushner<\/strong>, according to Ushakov, they put forward a number of ideas on possible ways to resolve the situation. The details of these ideas were not made public, nor were Moscow\u2019s assessments of the specific proposals. The day before, Trump had said that the US had a specific proposal for end of war<\/a>, without going into details.<\/p>\n The talks covered economic relations between the two countries and potential large-scale joint Russian-American projects, which Moscow described as mutually beneficial. Ushakov did not specify the sectors, companies or possible parameters of these projects.<\/p>\n Putin stated that he considers contacts between Moscow and Washington to be beneficial, and that working with Witkoff and Kushner is convenient for the Russian side.<\/p>\n\n
Ushakov and Dmitriev took part in the negotiations<\/h2>\n
Moscow reiterated its demands, whilst the US set out its proposals for a settlement<\/h2>\n
Economic relations between the US and Russia were discussed separately<\/h2>\n
No agreed formula for ending the war was put forward<\/h2>\n