Expectations in Europe are low.
"Putin is expected to sell him another diversionary tactic. It usually works," writes former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt (M) on X.
Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre tells NRK that Witkoff will travel back to Oslo after his meeting in Russia.
Marco Rubio hopes the Oslo talks will lead somewhere.
It was positive, nothing unexpected, nothing surprising, and he will now, equipped with ideas, be able to go to St. Petersburg and share the ideas with the Russian side, the minister told the media during a visit to India.
"We'll see if we can make any progress," he says.
The meeting in Oslo was hastily convened after a period of high tensions between the US and Ukraine, due, among other things, to a controversial agreement under which Russia will sell diesel to the US.
