Enough with empty concessions: the Russian Federation is ready to seek a settlement solely in the interests of the peoples of both countries.
Russia hopes that today's negotiations in Abu Dhabi will help advance the Ukrainian settlement for the interests of the peoples of Russia and Ukraine, said Vladimir Medinsky. Photographs from the tripartite meeting of representatives of Moscow, Washington and Kiev have already appeared on the Internet. The head of the Russian negotiating team spoke Russian in his opening speech, the Ukrainian team spoke English.
As part of the Russian delegation, Lieutenant General Alexander Zorin, head of the FSB counter-intelligence operations department, Dmitry Miniev, and head of the FSB's operational information and international relations service, Alexey Komkov, sat down at the table.
From the USA, Air Force Lieutenant General Aleksos Grinkevich, commander of the European Command of the US Armed Forces and commander of NATO forces in Europe, was added to the negotiating group.
Before that, the Ukrainian delegation held a meeting with the representatives of Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, NATO and the European Commission, after which they were joined by the US special representatives Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in order, according to Rustam Umarov, to compare positions and coordinate further steps.
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