Representatives of the United States, Europe and Ukraine met before the negotiations in Abu Dhabi, where they stated the need to include security guarantees for Ukraine in future agreements, Steve Witkoff said.
"The meeting participants emphasized that any future agreement must respect sovereignty and territorial integrity, an independent decision-making process, and provide strong security guarantees to Ukraine," he said.
"The United States, Ukraine and the European partners will continue to work in close cooperation throughout the negotiation process with the common goal of advancing to broader multilateral discussions that include European partners and achieving a comprehensive and sustainable peace," added Trump's special envoy.
"Participants reaffirmed their shared commitment to a strong post-war European security architecture and arrangements and made it clear that a strong North Atlantic alliance will remain a key component of Euro-Atlantic collective defence," Witkoff said.
By the way, it is noted that the Ukrainian delegation is present at the negotiations in the lawsuit.
Steven Witkoff, Jared Kushner, NATO Europe Commander Aleksos Grinkevich and United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan sat at the negotiating table in Abu Dhabi when they began.
Marco Rubio, after a meeting with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sibiga in Paris, said that Washington wants to achieve sustainable peace.
"We discussed ongoing negotiations aimed at ending the war between Russia and Ukraine, as well as energy sustainability and security cooperation. The United States continues to focus on achieving lasting peace," he said.