Russia, US, Ukraine Begin Talks in Abu Dhabi
Zelenskiy said the four-hour talks covered humanitarian issues and long-term security guarantees as the sides prepared for a second day of negotiations.
- On Tuesday, Russian and Ukrainian officials met in Abu Dhabi for their first peace talks since February, as United States President Donald Trump's envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff launched a new diplomatic push to end the war.
- Recent United States contacts with both sides narrowed gaps between their positions, focusing on future security guarantees and Ukraine's potential neutral status as conditions for ending the conflict.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called the four-hour session "constructive and quite substantive," noting discussions prioritized prisoner releases and "the substance of security guarantees for Ukraine and the foundations for ensuring these guarantees function over the long term."
- A second day of negotiations was scheduled for Wednesday, while Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov underlined Moscow's preference for negotiating a broad European security framework before addressing the conflict itself.
- Despite Trump's claim last week of a potential "big beautiful agreement," Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressed aims to expand talks to include European partners as prospects for lasting peace remain uncertain.
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RECIT - Following a first day of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine under US auspices, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky considered the discussions to be substantial, and Europeans must content themselves with a second role.
The negotiators from Russia, Ukraine and the United States will meet on Tuesday and Wednesday in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, in the latest attempt to end the war.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelinski announced that the talks held in the capital city of the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi, with the participation of Ukrainian, American and Russian delegations, dealt with humanitarian steps, notably the release of prisoners, security guarantees and mechanisms to prevent renewed violence and reduce escalation.
The first day of talks on an end to the war in Ukraine was "very productive," says US Secretary of State Rubio. He himself was not at the table in Abu Dhabi during the talks between Ukraine, Russia, and the US. He acknowledges that there is still much work to be done. It is the first time since February that Russia has spoken directly with Ukraine. Expectations for a potential breakthrough are very low. Nevertheless, US officials say that both K…
Marko Mihkelson, chairman of the Riigikogu's Foreign Affairs Committee, said in "Ringvaate" that it is a clear exaggeration to call the Abu Dhabi meeting between representatives of the US, Ukraine, and Russia peace talks, because it is more like a special Russian diplomatic operation to impose its own conditions.
Delegations from Russia, Ukraine, and the United States held their first trilateral peace talks since February in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday (November 10). A U.S. envoy said that contacts with both sides over the past few weeks have "narrowed the differences."
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