Russia-U.S.-Ukraine Talks Open in Abu Dhabi: Kyiv Says It Met U.S. and European Partners First Before the Trilateral Session
Abu Dhabi — Three-way talks between Russia, Ukraine and the United States opened in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, on November 10 for a two-day session. It is the first meeting in this format since February, and the central topic is postwar security guarantees.
Rustem Umerov, head of Ukraine's Foreign Intelligence Service who is leading Kyiv's delegation, said on social media that the day began with a meeting between the Ukrainian team, the U.S. envoys and representatives from the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, NATO and the European Commission, and that the parties would then move to a trilateral format involving Ukraine, the United States and Russia. Russia's state news agency RIA Novosti reported that the Russian delegation had arrived at the venue; Moscow's chief negotiator is presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky.
President Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff and his son-in-law Jared Kushner are representing the United States. Kushner said on X that the two were working on a negotiated solution that can deliver lasting peace and create the conditions for a sovereign, secure and prosperous Ukraine within a more stable European security environment. A day earlier, Kushner said a comprehensive and lasting settlement would also require direct engagement between Russia and America's European partners in the near future, as part of a broader multilateral process.
Ukraine's position is that an immediate ceasefire is the necessary first step toward a wider settlement, and that territorial issues can only be settled in a direct meeting between Putin and Zelenskyy. Zelenskyy, who was visiting Denmark on November 10, rejects demands that Ukraine voluntarily cede territory Russia has not been able to take on the battlefield. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov welcomed the U.S. negotiators putting collective security at the top of the agenda.
(Source: Associated Press)
Source: Associated Press
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