Steve Witkoff

We have achieved a peace deal in Gaza.

We have brought the hostages home, and maybe most importantly, we have created a sense of hope for what the future can bring.

Speaking at the World Economic Forum in the Swiss ski resort of Davos, Witkoff confirmed he'd travel on to Moscow from Switzerland for further talks with Russian officials, including President Vladimir Putin.

Witkoff said he thought the U.S.

mediating team had made, quote, a lot of progress and insisted the remaining negotiations were now focused on a single outstanding issue, describing how a suggested tariff-free zone in Ukraine would be, quote, game-changing for the country's economy.

It's the ultimate long-term deal.

And I think it puts everybody in a really good position.

especially as it pertains to security and minerals and everything else.

We've got 20 or maybe 25 leaders who have already said yes.

This is not such an easy place to get to.

We had many people who we weren't sure if they were going to even want to get an invitation.

Now they're calling up for invitations.

So everyone wants to be a part of this.

What we're going to do here, what the president is going to do here,

it'll be game-changing for the world.

We've got 20 or maybe 25 leaders who have already said, yes, this is not such an easy place to get to.

We had many people who we weren't sure if they were going to even want to get an invitation.

Now they're calling up for invitation.

So everyone wants to be a part of this.

What we're going to do here, what the president is going to do here will be it'll be game changing for the world.