Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), 10 Nov. (LaPresse) – Trilateral talks between Russia, Ukraine and the United States begin today in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The two-day session, the first meeting of this kind since February, will focus on security guarantees. Russia’s chief negotiator is Vladimir Medinsky, an adviser to Putin, who has led Moscow’s delegation since the first direct peace talks with Ukraine in Istanbul, Turkey, in March 2022. The Russian delegation also includes Deputy Foreign Ministers Sergei Ryabkov and Mikhail Galuzin, military intelligence chief Igor Kostyukov and Deputy Head of the General Staff’s Operations Department Yuri Zhigarlovsky. The Ukrainian delegation is led by Rustem Umerov, head of the country’s Foreign Intelligence Service, who also took part in previous talks. According to reports, those present also include Zelensky’s chief of staff, Kyrylo Budanov, his deputy Sergiy Kyslytsya and Davyd Arakhamia, leader of the parliamentary group of Zelensky’s Servant of the People party. Washington is represented by Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff.
Ukraine: trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi to begin today
Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), 10 Nov. (LaPresse) – Trilateral talks between Russia, Ukraine and the United States begin today in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The two-day session, the first meeting of this kind since February, will focus on security guarantees. Russia’s chief negotiator is Vladimir Medinsky, an adviser to Putin, who has led Moscow’s delegation since the first direct peace talks with Ukraine in Istanbul, Turkey, in March 2022. The Russian delegation also includes Deputy Foreign Ministers Sergei Ryabkov and Mikhail Galuzin, military intelligence chief Igor Kostyukov and Deputy Head of the General Staff’s Operations Department Yuri Zhigarlovsky. The Ukrainian delegation is led by Rustem Umerov, head of the country’s Foreign Intelligence Service, who also took part in previous talks. According to reports, those present also include Zelensky’s chief of staff, Kyrylo Budanov, his deputy Sergiy Kyslytsya and Davyd Arakhamia, leader of the parliamentary group of Zelensky’s Servant of the People party. Washington is represented by Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff.