PARIS, November 9. /TASS/. Peace in Ukraine is possible only as a result of an agreement between Moscow and Kiev, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.

"We're not combatants in that war, and so we are doing everything we can to bring that war to an end. But in the end, it takes the combatants to agree," he told reporters commenting on the progress of preparations for the upcoming trilateral talks on Ukraine in Abu Dhabi.

Rubio did not mention the key role of the collective West as a sponsor of Ukraine and a supplier of weapons and intelligence, effectively waging an undeclared war against Russia.

"But we'll do everything we can because we think it's important. The president made it a priority, even though it's a war that's not the America's war," he said.

He also touched on the topic of elections in Ukraine. "Stability is important for elections to be credible. That's why you know they're like in Ukraine that hasn't had an election in a long time either because they're in the middle of a war, right?" Rubio said. He didn’t make any other comments on the matter.

Negotiations between Russia, the United States, and Ukraine on resolving the conflict are scheduled for November 10-11 in Abu Dhabi. The Russian delegation is led by Vladimir Medinsky, an aide to the head of state, while the Ukrainian delegation is led by Rustem Umerov, head of the Foreign Intelligence Service. Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the negotiations will focus on security guarantees. He also noted that it would be impossible for representatives of Europe to participate, as a trilateral format was initially agreed upon.