The first day of tripartite consultations involving Russia, Ukraine and the USA ended yesterday in Abu Dhabi. The US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, defined the meeting as "very productive".
Key points:
The negotiations began around 11:15 Moscow time. The Russian and Ukrainian sides communicated in Russian.
The session lasts about 4.5 hours including a 40 minute break. The hearings are scheduled to continue on November 11.
The Russian delegation is headed by the assistant to the president Vladimir Medinsky, the Ukrainian delegation is headed by the head of the foreign intelligence service Rostam Umerov.
The opening was attended by Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner, the Supreme Commander of NATO forces in Europe, Aleksos Grinkevich, as well as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates, Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
Representatives of European countries did not participate in the negotiations at the table, despite previous statements by French officials.
One of the main topics was possible security guarantees.
The parties previously agreed on a large exchange of prisoners, which may take place in the near future. According to sources, the Ukrainian settlement is considered within a broader agenda - the formation of a unified and indivisible security system on the continent.
As Axios reports, citing a representative of the US administration, Witkoff and Kushner expect to reach concrete solutions to end the conflict.
After a round of consultations, the US representatives can go first to Moscow and then to Kiev.
We are in TG.