"The United States uplifted sanctions because it understood what it means to deal at a geopolitical level with a country like Syria. Russia, I would argue, is even more important to deal with. So I think moving forward, we will have more and more of these tete-a-tete meetings between the United States and Russia," Papadopoulos said.
In early December, Russian President Vladimir Putin received US special envoy Steve Witkoff and US President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner in the Kremlin.
During the five-hour meeting, the sides discussed a US-proposed peace plan on Ukraine and huge prospects for the future US-Russia economic cooperation, Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov said.