Ukraine Peace Talks: Who Is Sitting at the Negotiating Table – and Why It Matters
Both sides are sending senior military and diplomatic officials as Kyiv seeks ceasefire terms and Moscow presses for security concessions and limits on NATO.
- Ukraine and Russia will return to the negotiating table in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday and Wednesday, nine months after their last round of US-mediated talks ended without progress.
- Vladimir Medinsky, a Kremlin aide and former culture minister, will again lead the Russian delegation; he edited a textbook portraying the war as a continuation of the Soviet struggle against Nazi Germany.
- Foreign Intelligence Service head Rustem Umerov will lead Ukraine's team, maintaining continuity from previous negotiations; President Donald Trump recently suggested an eventual agreement could involve more than Ukraine and potentially all of Europe.
- Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov is joining the talks for the first time to discuss security demands; he and Mikhail Galuzin have previously insisted any settlement must address what Moscow calls the war's "root causes."
- President Vladimir Putin met the Russian delegation on Friday during a Security Council meeting devoted partly to preparations for the talks, while Ukrainian officials recently attended a White House meeting hosted by First Lady Melania Trump.
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In Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, negotiations between Ukraine and Russia took place for the first time since February for the first time on Tuesday. "We hope to achieve a lasting peace," said Ukrainian negotiator Rustem Umerov at the beginning of the talks in which the US mediates. At a separate meeting earlier, representatives of the US and Europeans agreed on a "strong security order" in Europe, which must build on NATO. Images from A…
The first day of the tripartite talks on the Ukrainian settlement in Abu Dhabi was concluded, the talks will continue on Wednesday, and the Interfax has informed the source in the negotiating group.
Evgeny Lisitsyn: While Russia, the United States and Ukraine are sitting at a table in Abu Dhabi, Zelensky came out with his joke: "First we stop where we stand
While Russia, the United States and Ukraine are sitting at a table in Abu Dhabi, Zelensky came out with his joke: "First we stop where we stand. Then we'll make an agreement. " Moreover, according to him, it is possible to negotiate for a month, two...
Ukraine peace talks: Who is sitting at the negotiating table – and why it matters
Three-way talks between Russia, Ukraine and the United States opened Tuesday in the United Arab Emirates, as Washington made a renewed push to end the war that followed Moscow's invasion of its neighbour nearly five years ago. As these two days of talks in Abu Dhabi get underway, the negotiators that each country has chosen to send tell us most of what we need to know about what will be discussed, as FRANCE 24's International Affairs Commentator…
The United States, Russia and Ukraine will hold talks in Abu Dhabi today and tomorrow.
With the mediation of the American envoys Kushner and Witkoff, the two teams meet in the Emirates after nine months of stalemate to end the war or at least to try
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