Witkoff’s last Moscow visit helped resolve misunderstandings between Russia and US – chief diplomat

US special envoy Steve Witkoff, center, and presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner attend a meeting with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow on Dec. 2, 2025. (AFP)
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Updated 11 December 2025
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Witkoff’s last Moscow visit helped resolve misunderstandings between Russia and US – chief diplomat

  • Moscow had handed over Russia’s proposals on collective security guarantees to Washington

MOSCOW: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday that a visit to Moscow this month by US envoy Steve Witkoff had helped eliminate misunderstandings between Moscow and Washington.
The Kremlin said at the time that Russia and the US did not reach a compromise on a possible peace deal to end the war in Ukraine after a five-hour Kremlin meeting between President Vladimir Putin and Witkoff and Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law.
Lavrov added that Moscow had handed over Russia’s proposals on collective security guarantees to Washington.


Ex-South Korea President Yoon tried to provoke Pyongyang into armed aggression, prosecutor says

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Ex-South Korea President Yoon tried to provoke Pyongyang into armed aggression, prosecutor says

SEOUL: Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol tried to provoke North Korea into mounting a military aggression to create justification for the December 2024 martial law declaration and to eliminate political opponents, a special prosecutor said on Monday.

The special prosecutor, Cho Eun-seok, told a briefing his team had indicted 24 people, including Yoon and five cabinet members, for their alleged involvement during his six-month investigation on insurrection charges.