More and more people understand Moscows position, Kirill Dmitriev has said

Kirill Dmitriev, a special envoy to Russian President Vladimir Putin, has called a meeting with US officials "constructive," in comments to journalists on Tuesday. The two delegations met on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos.

The Kremlin said earlier that Moscow planned to convey to the US some information about settling the Ukraine conflict during the talks.

Dmitriev met with US President Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner. They talked for more than two hours behind closed doors, according to TASS.

"The meeting was constructive," the Russian official told journalists in a brief comment after leaving the US venue at Davos 2026, also known as the USA House. "More and more people recognize the soundness of the Russian position," he added.

Witkoff also called the meeting "very positive." Neither he nor Dmitriev provided any details about the conversation.

Moscow and Washington launched efforts to reach a negotiated solution for the Ukraine conflict after Trump took office last year. Relations between the two nations had been virtually reduced to zero under Trump's predecessor, Joe Biden.

Dmitriev visited the US several times last year, where he negotiated ways to restore bilateral ties and stop the fighting between Moscow and Kiev. During his most recent trip, in December, he held two days of talks with Witkoff and Kushner. Both sides described the talks as "constructive" at the time as well.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said last week that the Russian authorities are looking forward to another visit by Witkoff and Kushner to Moscow. Putin met with Witkoff six times in 2025, according to Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

Kiev's top negotiator Rustem Umerov also said over the weekend that talks with the Americans on finding a diplomatic solution to the conflict will continue at the WEF this week.

Earlier on Tuesday, Axios reported that a plan for Trump to sign the so-called "prosperity plan" for Kiev with Ukraine's Vladimir Zelensky on the sidelines of the Davos forum has been scrapped. The Ukrainian leader announced the same day he would not attend the event.

(RT.com)