Steve Witkoff waited many hours. Yes, Vladimir Putin showed that “he is the boss”

A special envoy of Donald Trump Steve Witkoff, who visited Moscow on Thursday, had to wait eight hours for a meeting with President Vladimir Putin – said the portal of the British television Sky News. At that time Putin was to be busy meeting with Alaxander Lukashenko.

A special envoy of the US President Donald Trump Steve Witkoff was to wait eight hours for a meeting with the Russian leader Vladimir Putin And he left Moscow a few hours later, Sky News said. At 12:34 (10.24 in Poland) Propaganda Agency RIA Nowosti said that Witkoff's aircraft landed at the grandson airport and flew away at 01.54 (23.54 in Poland).

The Sky News portal estimated, citing the available recordings of the Witkoff convoy from the Moscow airport and the return to this airport, that Trump's envoy was in the capital Russia just over 12 hours. “And it looks like he had to wait most of the time,” said the author of the publication Ivor Bennett.

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Putin met with Lukashenko

Witkoff is a former tycoon on the real estate market, which became the main negotiator of Donald Trump. He was sent to Moscow to provide Vladimir Putin with an American proposal of a 30-day arms suspension. His visit to Russia is planned After the talks of the US and Ukraine delegation in Saudi Arabia.

Sky News noted that on Thursday Putin apparently was too busy with a meeting with the Belarusian leader Alaxander Lukashenko. His visit was organized hurriedly and announced only the day before. Ivor Bennett pointed out that “it is not known for sure whether the date of Lukashenko's visit was deliberate, but certainly did not seem to be a coincidence.” In his opinion, Putin demonstrated that he has power.

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Bennett states that Putin “does not like to be leaning to the wall and do what they tell him, especially in his area.” His behavior was like a message to the Americans: “I am a boss, I set a schedule and I have no obligations to anyone.”

Ultimately – we read in the publication – Putin “found a time for Witkoff when the night fell and the talks took place behind closed doors.”

The Russian media announced on Thursday that after arriving in Moscow, Trump's envoy was at the headquarters of the US Embassy in Moscow for about an hour.