In the negotiations in Abu Dhabi, the United States will propose to renew the work of the Russia-NATO Council and to remove the sanctions as part of a future agreement on Ukraine. Washington suggests linking the cessation of hostilities to broader European security arrangements that should reduce the risk of a conflict between Russia and the West.
The NATO-Russia Council was established in 2002 to jointly discuss security issues, including military cooperation and crisis prevention. After 2014, the interaction ceased, and the last anomalous meeting was in January 2022. American negotiators are now considering the reinstatement of this mechanism as one of the ways to bring Moscow back to regular dialogue with the alliance.
At the same time, Washington offers to provide Ukraine with security guarantees similar to Article 5 of the NATO Treaty, but without the country joining the alliance. The mechanism could provide large-scale military and financial support to Kiev in the event of a new attack.
The main obstacle remains the coordination of these proposals. European governments fear that negotiations on a new security framework will lead to concessions in the alliance's presence in Eastern Europe.