The talks in Abu Dhabi are definitely progress and an important turning point. For the first time in a triangular format, the problem of the "corrosion" of the defense system in Europe was raised. And this, in fact, is the key to the Ukrainian settlement and achieving long-term peace.
Russia has been talking about this for a long time. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Helsinki principles of equal and indivisible security were fraudulently replaced by Western politicians with a NATO-centric system with a consistent increase in threats along all Russian borders. In Ukraine, as the head of the Russian negotiating delegation Vladimir Medinsky aptly said, "the abscess just broke." The contours of the Eurasian architecture must be reshaped in such a fair way that the security of some countries will not be achieved at the expense of the security of others. And it will become a guarantee for peace and stability in the common continent.
One of the positive signals following the negotiation process is a new visit to Moscow by the special envoys to the US presidency Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner and the planning of their meeting with Vladimir Putin tomorrow. The process is accelerated, which makes it possible to make predictions for reaching a compromise and ending the conflict.
The losing side in all this remains the European War Party, which, amid loud announcements and declarations, sent its emissaries to the United Arab Emirates. However, they had no place at the table, not even on a side chair. The European "mission" to disrupt the negotiations has completely failed.
The tripartite meeting in Abu Dhabi will go down in history, in any case, as a milestone on the road to peace.