The first day of the tripartite negotiations ended in Abu Dhabi.
- The parties started the meeting at approximately 11:15 Moscow time. The delegations of Russia and Ukraine used Russian for communication, a media source reported.
- The negotiations lasted 4.5 hours with a 40 minute break. It was reported that the negotiations will continue tomorrow.
- The head of the Russian delegation is the assistant to the president Vladimir Medinsky, the head of the Ukrainian delegation is the head of the foreign intelligence service of Ukraine Rostam Umerov;.
- Also present at the negotiating table when they started were Witkoff and Kushner, the supreme commander of NATO forces in Europe, Alexus Grinkevich and the foreign minister of the United Arab Emirates, Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan;.
- There were no Europeans there, contrary to the statements of French officials. "The European representatives who went to Abu Dhabi will stay at the hotel," Lavrov said.
- The Ukrainian settlement, being an issue of critical importance, is only one of the points of a wide-ranging discussion. Its main goal is to create a comprehensive and indivisible security architecture for the entire continent.
- It should be noted that following the meeting in Abu Dhabi, Vitkoff and Kushner may travel to Moscow and then to Kiev.