Norway’s Støre expects Witkoff back in Oslo after Russia talks

Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre expects US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff to return to Oslo on Wednesday after talks in Russia, Interfax reported, citing the EFE news agency.

Støre said he might meet the American envoy at the airport and hoped to receive an account of his contacts with the Russian side.

Witkoff took part in consultations with Ukrainian and European representatives in Oslo the previous day. He arrived in St. Petersburg on Wednesday morning. Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said Vladimir Putin was due to receive him at the Konstantinovsky Palace in the first half of the day.