The second day of trilateral talks between the United States, Ukraine and Russia has begun in Abu Dhabi. The head of the Ukrainian delegation, Rustem Umerov, announced this.
“We are starting the second day of talks. First, we will meet in a trilateral format with the US and Russia. After that, we will hold another meeting with our European partners,” he said.
Yesterday, a meeting between the Ukrainian and US delegations and European representatives took place ahead of the trilateral talks.
US representative Jared Kushner described the first day of talks as encouraging. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also said the discussions had been constructive and substantive.
According to Ukrainian media reports, on the first day Russia raised demands to restrict NATO’s activities, similar to those it put forward in 2021, before launching its invasion of Ukraine. A prisoner exchange was also discussed. The second day of talks is expected to focus on territorial issues.