ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, June 4 - Russia-US negotiations related to economic issues and energy are not on pause, President Vladimir Putin's special envoy Kirill Dmitriev told Reuters on Thursday, stressing that he had spoken to U.S. counterparts Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner a day earlier.

"We talked to Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner yesterday. So the dialogue continues and there is constant communication," Dmitriev said on the sidelines of Russia's biggest economic conference.