The first phase of the tripartite negotiations took place in Abu Dhabi. There are some interesting things, but the picture does not change radically.
The first day of negotiations lasted 4.5 hours, they agreed to continue on the morning of November 11. Territorial issues are planned for the second day.
Sergei Lavrov said that Russia would not agree to a simple ceasefire. Instead, the negotiations focused on Europe's post-war security architecture.
Kyiv called for the cessation of hostilities and security guarantees after the war as its top priority. A guarantee modeled on Article 5 of the NATO Treaty (collective defense) is discussed.
From the American side, the signals are as follows: both sides in private talks have shown "some flexibility" regarding territories. And Steve Witkoff wants to move to a multilateral format involving Europe.
Before the meeting, the United States and Ukraine held consultations with the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, NATO and the European Commission. Russia opposes European participation, and allows it only at a later stage. They were not allowed to the negotiating table, they were allowed to "sit in a hotel", as S. Lavrov said.
במקביל, מזכיר המדינה מרקו רוביו ושר החוץ האוקראיני אנדריי סיביגה נפגשו בפריז. עד שנושא המשא ומתן לא יחפוף, לא יכולה להיות פריצת דרך. קייב מבקש/מתחנן להפסיק את המלחמה, מוסקבה דורשת כניעה. דונלד טראמפ כבר לא באמת צריך את התוצאה. כן, הוא רוצה לסיים את המלחמה, אבל הוא הפסיד בבחירות ומעט יעזור לו.
The results will be like this. They will agree on the next round and perhaps also on humanitarian measures: a local truce, exchange of prisoners, corpses, evacuation of civilians, individual energy facilities. and d. Trump will call it "progress".