A negotiating team from the Taliban traveled to Moscow on Friday days after President Trump Donald John TrumpFederal prosecutor speaks out, says Barr 'has brought shame' on Justice Dept. Former Pence aide: White House staffers discussed Trump refusing to leave office Progressive group buys domain name of Trump's No. 1 Supreme Court pick MORE called talks between Washington and the group “dead.”

A Taliban representative confirmed the visit to The Associated Press and Russian state media said the delegation spoke with Zamir Kabulov, President Vladimir Putin Vladimir Vladimirovich PutinWatchdog confirms State Dept. canceled award for journalist who criticized Trump Former intelligence agency director Robert Cardillo speaks out against 'erratic' Trump Kremlin: Putin calls for reset between US and Russia on cyber relations before elections MORE’s envoy for Afghanistan.

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The Interfax News agency, citing a Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman, said the meeting underscored the Taliban’s “readiness” to continue speaking with the U.S.

The trip to Moscow was the first international visit for the Taliban since talks with Washington broke down.

Trump this week said peace talks with the Taliban are “dead” following a surprise announcement that he canceled scheduled talks with the group at Camp David after a Taliban attack killed 12 people in Afghanistan, including a U.S. soldier. Some GOP lawmakers had also expressed concerns over hosting the group for peace talks on U.S. soil just days before the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Prior to the collapse of the talks, the U.S. was negotiating with the Taliban to hash out a deal that would see a drawdown of troops in Afghanistan in exchange for assurances that the country would not revert to a safe haven for terrorist groups.

It is now unclear if the president intends to scale back the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan in the absence of a deal with the Taliban, telling reporters he was “looking at” whether to move forward with some kind of withdrawal, saying, “We’d like to get out, but we’ll get out at the right time.”

Russia hosted meetings with the Taliban and Afghan personalities twice this year, according to the AP. Moscow has been accused of aiding the armed group as a guardrail against a growing ISIS affiliate in Afghanistan.