Putin's talk with Witkoff, Kushner was substantive, frank and useful - Ushakov

MOSCOW. Nov 12 (Interfax) - The meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. presidential special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner was quite substantive and useful, Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov said.

"The talk and the exchange of opinions was quite substantive, constructive and useful, like all previous talks," he told reporters.

"The president of Russia made a whole number of important statements publicly, in front of the press, which set the tone of the entire further discussion" at the start of the meeting, he said.