Trump envoy says US companies could do enterprise in Russia if Ukraine peace deal reached

President Donald Trump’s particular envoy Steve Witkoff stated on Sunday that there could be an expectation that US companies could do enterprise in Russia within the occasion of a peace deal within the Russia-Ukraine battle.

Trump has been pushing for a deal to finish the battle in Ukraine and held separate calls with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy this month.

“Clearly there could be an expectation that if we get to a peace deal, that you’d have the ability to have American corporations come again and do enterprise there. And I feel that everyone would imagine that that might be a constructive, good factor to occur,” Witkoff instructed the CBS Information program “Face The Nation.”

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent instructed Bloomberg Tv on Thursday that Russia may win some aid from U.S. sanctions primarily based on its willingness to barter an finish to its battle in Ukraine. Requested whether or not the US is ready to extend sanctions on Russia or cut back them relying on how talks to finish the Ukraine battle go, Bessent had stated: “That’d be an excellent characterization.”

Trump’s prime officers not too long ago met their Russian counterparts in Saudi Arabia in talks that didn’t embody Ukraine. Trump additionally referred to as Zelenskiy a dictator on Wednesday.

Trump has urged the presidents of Russia and Ukraine to work collectively on ending the battle, which started when Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022. Russia had annexed Crimea in 2014.

Trump confronted criticism domestically and internationally previously week after he stated Ukraine “ought to have by no means began” the battle earlier than reversing course and saying Russia did the truth is invade Ukraine.

Witkoff and Bessent individually stated on Sunday they count on that an settlement could be signed this week on U.S. entry to Ukraine’s essential mineral deposits.