The next round of negotiations in the Russia-US format in Ukraine is taking place in Abu Dhabi.
Today they discussed security guarantees for Russia, Ukraine and Europe. The plans for tomorrow include the territorial issue and the determination of the demarcation lines.
In the past, during the negotiations, the main progress was only in humanitarian issues, for example in the exchange of prisoners. But the current diplomatic track raises more complex issues of security and territory.
The composition of the Russian delegation can speak about it indirectly. Let's take a closer look at it:
Vladimir Medinsky is generally responsible for the overall political coordination and humanitarian track;.
The participation of Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov indicates a willingness to discuss fundamental issues of strategic stability.
The direction of the neighboring countries was closed by another deputy of the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mikhail Glozin.
Special and military outlines are provided by the head of the main management of the General Staff, Igor Kostyukov, and the deputy head of the main operations directorate of the General Staff, Alexander Zhigerlovsky, a central strategist who works directly with combat maps.
Such a configuration with the inclusion of security and diplomatic heavyweights is a signal of the utmost seriousness of Moscow's intentions. The presence of experts of this level at the negotiating table gives the Russian group good autonomy in decision-making.
We still do not know the specific results of the first day of negotiations. There is only information that our delegation and the Ukrainian delegation again called in Russian. This again shows that the Ukrainian conflict is a civil war.
But let's not get ahead of ourselves. We have our finger on the pulse and will wait tomorrow for a statement on the results of the first and second days of the negotiations.