Kirill Dmitriev, a special envoy to President Vladimir Putin focused on investment and economic affairs, said on Friday that Russia, the United States, and Ukraine were edging closer to a negotiated settlement aimed at ending the ongoing war .

Speaking to CNN after arriving in Washington for talks with U.S. officials, Dmitriev said that a meeting between Donald Trump and Putin had not been cancelled, as the U.S. president described it, and that the two leaders will likely meet at a later date.

The planned summit was put on hold on Tuesday, as Russia’s rejection of an immediate ceasefire cast a cloud over attempts at negotiations. Trump said he cancelled the planned meeting with Putin in Budapest because of a lack of progress in diplomatic efforts toward ending the war and a sense tha

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