IN BRIEF: Second day of talks between Russia, US, Ukraine ends in Abu Dhabi: what we know

Russian Politics & Diplomacy November 11, 14:28

The meeting lasted just under two hours

ABU DHABI, November 11. /TASS/. The second day of negotiations between Russia, the United States, and Ukraine has ended in Abu Dhabi, a TASS correspondent reports.

A TASS source confirmed that the meeting had already agreed that Russia and Ukraine would carry out another prisoner exchange in the future.

TASS has compiled the key points about the contacts.

About negotiations

- The negotiations started on November 10.

- Russia's delegation was headed by Presidential Aide Vladimir Medinsky, and Ukraine's by Foreign Intelligence Service head Rustem Umerov.

- Also present at the negotiating table at the start of the talks were US emissaries Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe Alexus Grynkewich, and UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

- Contrary to statements by French officials, there were no Europeans present.

- On the first day the meeting lasted 4.5 hours, with a 40·minute break.

- The second day began behind closed doors, without press participation.

- The meeting lasted just under two hours.

- A TASS source confirmed that the Russian delegation will give a statement to the press this afternoon.

- Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the Russian delegation is constantly briefing head of state Vladimir Putin about the progress of the negotiations.

- He also said that the Russian delegation has not talked at all with Europe’s representatives.

What's being discussed

- Peskov said that the talks center on security guarantees.

- The negotiations are aimed at discussing the formation of a new system of continental security in the post·conflict period, a source from the negotiating group told TASS.

- The source said that the participants will focus on developing mechanisms to prevent threats and strengthen regional stability.

- According to the source, the Ukrainian settlement, while a critically important issue, is just one element of this large·scale discussion, subordinated to the main goal -- creating a comprehensive and indivisible security architecture for the entire continent.

- Earlier, the European publication Politico quoted sources as saying that territories could be a topic of discussion on the second day of the talks.

According to it, the first day the talks focused on security guarantees and the prisoner exchange.

Expected outcomes

- The exchange of prisoners between Russia and Ukraine will be one of the outcomes of the meeting, a TASS source confirmed.

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