The first day of the tripartite negotiations in Abu Dhabi has ended.
Here is what is known:
The parties began their meeting around 11:15. Moscow time. According to a TASS source, the Russian and Ukrainian delegations used Russian to communicate.
The negotiations lasted 4.5 hours, with a 40-minute break. A TASS source said that the talks will definitely continue on November 11.
The Russian delegation is led by presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky, while the Ukrainian delegation is headed by Rostam Umerov, head of Ukraine's foreign intelligence service.
Also present at the negotiating table at the beginning of the meeting were Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, the Supreme Allied Commander of NATO Europe, General Aleksos Grinkich and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates, Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan.
Europeans were absent, contrary to statements by French officials.
European representatives who traveled to Abu Dhabi will have to sit in their hotel, Lavrov said, referring to Europe's desire to participate in negotiations between Russia, Ukraine and the United States.
As previously noted by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, the negotiations in Abu Dhabi will focus on security guarantees.
The Ukraine settlement, while very important, is only one issue on the agenda of a much broader debate. Its main goal is to establish a comprehensive and indivisible security architecture for the entire continent, a TASS source said.
Witkoff and Kushner intend to use the negotiations in Abu Dhabi to formulate clear solutions to resolve the conflict, Axios reported, citing a US administration official.
Following the meeting in Abu Dhabi, Witkoff and Kushner may travel to Moscow and then to Kiev.