US envoys to visit Moscow in coming days — source

US envoys to visit Moscow in coming days — source Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are expected to pay a visit to Kiev afterwardsSteve Witkoff and Jared Kushner© Alexander Kazakov/Russian Presidential Press and Information Office/TASSMOSCOW, September 4. /TASS/. US negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will visit Moscow and Kiev, with the Russian capital being their first destination, on September 5-6, a source told TASS. "They expect to arrive in Moscow and then Kiev on September 5-6," the source said. 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