MOSCOW, November 12. /TASS/. Finnish President Alexander Stubb believes that a meeting between Russia, the United States and Ukraine, with the participation of European Union representatives, could take place within the next two weeks.
"There might be a new meeting between, in this case then, the Americans, the Ukrainians, the Russians and the Europeans in one to two weeks on a technical level, that would be progress as well," he told CNN.
Stubb believes that the very fact of EU representatives taking a seat at the negotiating table "would be progress in and of itself."
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.