MOSCOW, November 12. /TASS/. Europe is opposed to proposals on settling the ongoing Ukrainian conflict put forward by the US administration, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said on Thursday.

"Obviously, these [Russian] approaches are unacceptable to them. I don’t want to speak on their behalf, however, according to our observations, they are equally opposed to the proposals put forward by the US administration," Ryabkov said in an interview with Russia’s RT news broadcaster following the trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi earlier this week.

Abu Dhabi negotiations

Russia, the United States and Ukraine held talks in Abu Dhabi on November 10-11. The first round of consultations lasted four and a half hours, including a 40-minute break, on November 10, followed by a session that lasted about two hours on November 11. Presidential Aide Vladimir Medinsky led the Russian delegation, while Foreign Intelligence Service chief Rustem Umerov headed the Ukrainian delegation.

US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe Alexus Grynkewich and UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, were also present at the negotiating table when the talks began. Despite statements from French officials, no Europeans attended the meeting.

Medinsky revealed that, at the talks, Russia and Ukraine coordinated a major POW exchange, saying that its parameters will be made public soon. He also noted that the theme of the European security system was central to the Abu Dhabi meeting and that the sides found common ground on some aspects of it.