The special envoy for the US presidency, Jared Kushner, called the first round of the trilateral negotiations between Russia, Ukraine and the United States in Abu Dhabi encouraging, Kommersant writes. According to him, the parties discussed security measures, and Washington identified the main differences between Moscow and Kiev in order to further overcome them. The US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, also assessed the meeting as productive, but noted that the settlement will not happen in the next 24 hours. The first meeting of the delegations lasted 4.5 hours, the final discussions are scheduled for November 11.