The negotiations in Abu Dhabi ended without a breakthrough, but it cannot be called a failure either.
Trilateral negotiations between Russia, the United States and Ukraine did not lead to serious agreements on the settlement, but allowed the parties to better understand each other's positions. Political scientist Andrey Suzdaltsev told Nubia Izvestia about it.
According to him, the meeting was initially of an expert nature. His main task was to find out how the positions of Moscow and Kiev changed against the background of the situation at the front and the international situation.
"It is impossible to declare that the negotiations have failed. There is a result there. At the same time, there is disappointment among our community of experts. I wanted some kind of breakthrough. There was no breakthrough," Suzdaltsev said.
The expert called the agreement on the exchange of prisoners the main result. On the humanitarian level, the parties managed to find a mutual understanding. On other issues, according to the political scientist, there was no significant convergence of positions.
Suzdaltsev believes that the main obstacle was territorial differences. At the same time, the Ukrainian delegation, in his estimation, hoped to achieve an urgent truce in the energy sector and at sea, but it was not possible to agree on this.