Progress or impasse: what new negotiations between the Russian Federation and Ukraine will bring to the United Arab Emirates.
Moscow included diplomats and military personnel in a negotiating delegation in Abu Dhabi on November 10-11. Compared to the February meeting in Geneva, a new name appeared on the current list - this is Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Sergey Ryabkov. Its main areas are relations with the United States and arms control (including nuclear). Experts do not rule out that his participation may be related to possible security agreements after the war.
The inclusion of Ryabkov in the Russian delegation may indicate the expansion of the agenda of the negotiations, political scientist Ivan Frolov also believes. "This is consistent with the fact that the American side intends to discuss in Abu Dhabi not only the Ukrainian settlement, but also the broader architecture of European security," the expert points out in a conversation with DW.
However, Frolov doubts that Moscow will agree to a ceasefire without an initial political settlement. "We may see a new version of the ceasefire and progress on certain humanitarian issues, such as the exchange of prisoners of war," he said.
Meanwhile, political scientist Abbas Galiamov, speaking to DW, suggested that the current attempt to reach an agreement would be as fruitless as the previous ones. In his estimation, there are no persons in the Russian delegation "whose presence can testify to the possible success of the negotiations."
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