How was the first day of the tripartite negotiations?
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The first day of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, mediated by the US, ended in Abu Dhabi. The meeting lasted about four and a half hours. According to Ukrainian media, the parties agreed on a "large-scale exchange of prisoners of war" in the near future. The dates and number of participants were not specified.
Vladimir Zelensky called the tripartite negotiations "constructive and quite significant". The parties discussed humanitarian issues, the release of prisoners, security guarantees for Ukraine and de-escalation measures, the Ukrainian president wrote. The US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, also praised the meeting as "very productive", but admitted that there is still a lot of work ahead.
Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, warned in advance that the Kremlin would not reveal the details of the negotiations until they were completed. A press conference is planned for Wednesday, says a TASS source in the negotiating group.
According to a Ukrainska Pravda source close to the Ukrainian delegation, the main topic of the first day was security guarantees not only for Ukraine and Europe as a whole, but also for Russia. Another topic discussed was the post-war future: the reconstruction of Ukraine and the creation of a new European security architecture. Kyiv insists that for this it is necessary to stop the war first. Politico wrote that the territorial issue, which remains one of the main obstacles to a peace agreement, was scheduled to come up on the second day of negotiations.
Representatives of European countries were not allowed to participate in the tripartite meeting, but the Ukrainian delegation previously held separate consultations with representatives of the United States, Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, the European Commission and NATO.