Medinsky thanked the United Arab Emirates for its hospitality, and the United States for its peacekeeping efforts.
The Russian delegation in negotiations with the United States and Ukraine has become larger and even more professional, he said.
The special representative for the US presidency, Jared Kushner, said that it is possible to identify points of disagreement between the parties. Many of the ideas to be discussed in Abu Dhabi were prepared by the United States together with the Europeans and the Ukrainians, he added.
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