““There was no expectation at all.” Trump denied that Vitcoff had to wait for Putin March 15, 20:44 to share: Stephen Witkoff did not expect Putin, but met with other Russian representative Steve’s special representative Vitcoff had to wait for a meeting with the Russian dictator”, – WRITE ON: ua.news
Stephen Witcoff was not waiting for Putin, but met with other representatives of Russia, Trump said (photo: Reuters/Leah Millis)
US President Donald Trump called “Fake news »The message that appeared in the media the day before, that his special representative Steve Vitcoff had to wait for a meeting with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin for many hours.
“Why can’t they be honest at least once? Last night, I read that Russian President Vladimir Putin forced my highly abused ambassador and special messenger Steve Witcoff to wait more than nine hours, although, in fact, there was no expectation at all, ”Trump said on his social network Truth Social.
US President noted that for some time they took “Other meetings with other representatives of Russia, who, according to him, were “productive”.
“Then everything went quickly and efficiently, and all the signs, I hope, are very good! Summarizing, there was no nine-hour expectation or any expectation at all! The only reason they have invented this story is to try to humiliate because they are sick degenerates who should start reporting the news correctly. Because of this, they lost their rating, their audience, respect, ”Trump also wrote.
On March 14, the Sky News Moscow correspondent Ivor Bennett reported that Witcoff had to wait for Putin for eight hours.
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.
“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.”