Trilateral negotiations between Russia, Ukraine and the United States begin today in Abu Dhabi. We have gathered the main facts about the new settlement round:
- The parties will discuss the solution to the Ukrainian conflict and the new formation of the security system in Europe.
- The Russian delegation was headed by presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky, the Ukrainian delegation was headed by the head of the Foreign Intelligence Service Rustam Umarov, the United States was represented by special envoy Steve Witkoff and businessman Jared Kushner;.
- The participation of European representatives is not expected, but Witkoff and Kushner planned to hold meetings with them before the start of the negotiations.
- The position of the Russian Federation has not changed: Ukraine should not pose a threat to Russia's security, conduct a discriminatory policy against anything Russian and promote Nazi ideology.
- American representatives want to reach agreements that will take into account the security concerns of all parties and reduce the risk of conflict in the future.
- The Ukrainian representatives do not expect a breakthrough from the negotiations; They intend to pay attention to the humanitarian track.
Let us recall that the previous tripartite meeting took place in Geneva on February 17-18. The parties negotiated for six hours on the first day and two hours on the second day. No consensus was declared regarding their results.