Overview
- Special Envoy Steve Witkoff said he, Jared Kushner, and White House adviser Josh Gruenbaum met Kirill Dmitriev in Florida on March 11.
- Witkoff reported the delegations discussed various topics and agreed to stay in contact, with no agenda disclosed.
- The encounter followed a March 9 Trump–Putin call, during which Putin reportedly floated ideas for ending the Iran war.
- The talks coincided with U.S. deliberations on easing restrictions on Russian oil to cool prices that surged after late‑February strikes on Iran.
- The administration has already relaxed India-specific limits for Russian crude, while disputed claims of Russian intelligence aid to Iran have been publicly rejected by Trump.