Trump envoy Steve Witkoff, according to a transcript of the Oct. 14 call published by the news service, advised Putin's foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov that Putin should call Trump to congratulate him for the Gaza peace deal, say Russia had supported it and that he respects the president as a man of peace.
"From that, it's going to be a really good call," Witkoff said, according to the transcript.
When asked by Russian state media to comment on the report, Ushakov did not question the recordings' authenticity but said that they had not been leaked by Moscow. The White House did not dispute the veracity of the transcript, and Trump described Witkoff's reported approach to the Russians in the call as "standard" negotiating procedure.