New Delhi, April 15 -- US President Donald Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, has suggested that Russian President Vladimir Putin is open to a "permanent peace" deal with Ukraine. This comes after high-level talks in Saint Petersburg aimed at ending the more than three-year conflict.

"Putin's request is to get to have a permanent peace here. So beyond the ceasefire, we got an answer to that," Witkoff said during an interview with Fox News on Monday. "I think we might be on the verge of something that would be very, very important for the world at large."

Witkoff's remarks follow his third meeting with Putin since President Trump returned to the White House in January. The talks, held on Friday, also involved senior Russian officials ...