“Today, many countries, primarily the United States, are beginning to better understand the crucial, systemic role of Russian oil and gas in ensuring the stability of the global economy, as well as the ineffectiveness and destructive nature of sanctions against Russia,” Kirill Dmitriev, an envoy of Russian leader Vladimir Putin, said in a statement posted on Telegram.
Dmitriev said that, on Putin's orders, he held meetings in the United States with the heads of the working group on economic cooperation between Russia and the United States.
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“We discussed both promising projects that can contribute to the restoration of Russian-American relations and the current crisis situation in global energy markets,” Dmitriev said.
Earlier, Russian media reported that Dmitriev met in Miami with representatives of the Trump administration as part of economic negotiations and recalled that at the end of February the Russian held similar meetings with the Americans in Geneva.
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US special envoy Steve Witkoff said the teams discussed “a variety of topics” and agreed to stay in touch. Jared Kushner, son-in-law of US President Donald Trump, and White House adviser Josh Gruenbaum also participated in the meeting.
