“Trump Special Representative Witcoff was forced to wait for Putin for eight hours-Sky News on March 14, 19:27 Share: Steve Witcoff visited the capital Putin in Moscow for eight hours, Sky News Moscow correspondent reports on Friday, March 14.”, – WRITE ON: ua.news
Steve Witcoff visited the capital of the aggressor country Moscow on March 13 (photo: Reuters/Leah Millis/File Photo)
Trump Special Representative Steve Witcoff had to wait for a meeting with Russian dictator Putin in Moscow for eight hours, Sky News Moscow Correspondent Air Bennett reports on Friday, March 14.
According to the journalist, judging by the staff on which Vitcoff goes to Vnukovo Airport, he stayed in the capital of the aggressor country for a little more than 12 hours, “most of which seemed to be forced to wait.” He returned to the airport about an hour after the negotiations, which, according to Russian Radio Lighthouse, ended at 01:30 at night.
Bennett recalled that Vitcoff went to Moscow to pass Putin’s proposal for a 30-day ceasefire after negotiations of Ukrainian and American delegations in Saudi Arabia. However, arriving in Moscow about dinner on Thursday, the US representative was forced to wait at least eight hours before he was called to the Kremlin.
“Mr. Putin was apparently too busy meeting with another person – Belarusian leader[dictatorandself-proclaimed[диктаторомісамопроголошеним “President “]Alexander Lukashenko – for a hastily organized state visit, which was announced the day before,” – writes Bennett.
According to the author, it is unknown whether the time of Lukashenko’s visit was chosen specifically, “but it is definitely not like a coincidence.” Such tactics resembles “Classical Putin’s game for the purpose of demonstrating strength. “
“It was like a message to the Americans: “I am the main one here, I am set a schedule and I don’t oblige anyone.” In the end, he gave such a valuable personal time to Mr. Witkoff, when it was already dark, and everything went behind the closed doors, ”the material said.
The journalist added that his public statements made it clear that he would only agree to the ceasefire if he gets something in return.
Earlier, US President Donald Trump was outraged that during his arrival in Kyiv, US Finance Minister Scott Bennett was headed by Volodymyr Zelenskyy and “inaccessible to the meeting.”
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