Kremlin announces Putin's meeting with Witkoff

ST. PETERSBURG. April 11 (Interfax) - Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a meeting with United States Special Presidential Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff, Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said.

"Such meeting will happen," Peskov said, answering a follow-up question.

The Russian president is working in St. Petersburg on Friday, and the U.S. special envoy had arrived there earlier.