Sergey Lavrov:
"I heard the statements of Marco Rubio that in the negotiations in Abu Dhabi, in the situation surrounding the Ukrainian conflict, security issues are of central importance. Moreover, the very agenda of the negotiations in Abu Dhabi includes the first item on the security issues of Russia, Ukraine and the general security in this region. We only welcome such an approach."
"The understanding that everyone shares is that the negotiations are about agreeing on those principles that will be confirmed at the end of negotiations for a full settlement."
"The participation of one additional deputy, besides Mikhail Glozin, the participation of Sergei Ryabkov, who oversees North Atlantic issues, arms control issues in the broadest sense and who, by the way, spent a considerable part of his career on OSCE issues, is quite natural."