US State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said in a statement Mr Witkoff and Mr Rubio would join “talks with European counterparts to advance President Trump’s goal to end the Russia-Ukraine war and stop the bloodshed”.
Mr Rubio will also “discuss ways to advance shared interests in the region,” State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said in a statement.
Mr Wikoff, who visited Russia on Friday for his third meeting with Putin that lasted nearly five hours, told Fox News earlier this week that the Russian leader wants a “permanent peace,” noting that a prospective peace deal would focus on Russian claims for five Ukrainian regions.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky criticised Witkoff’s comment, emphasising that Ukraine will never recognise any temporarily occupied territories as Russian.
