McFaul criticized Witkoff's activities

The ex-consul wrote about this on the social network H.

Witkoff has done nothing constructive to try to negotiate a ceasefire. Perhaps it is time for a more experienced diplomat or national security expert to take charge.

According to McFaul, the best diplomat will not be able to negotiate with several countries at the same time, so Witkoff should be responsible for one direction.

Even the best diplomat in the world—the best diplomat in history—couldn't negotiate with Russia, Iran, and Israel-Palestine all at the same time. Witkoff should be assigned to one area and someone else should handle the rest.

In his opinion, the US needs to include in its negotiating team someone "who knows something about Putin and Russia."

It should be noted that Witkoff was initially appointed by US President Donald Trump as his special representative for the Middle East, but he has repeatedly traveled to Russia, where he held talks on resolving the situation in Ukraine. He also recently held talks with Iran on its nuclear program in Oman.