The key facts

  • Trilateral talks on resolving the conflict between Russia and Ukraine are underway in Abu Dhabi
  • This is the first meeting in a trilateral format after an almost nine-month break
  • Jared Kushner said the US has «good ideas» for overcoming the parties' disagreements

First trilateral meeting in almost nine months

Trilateral talks on resolving the conflict between Moscow and Kyiv, with American representatives taking part, are underway in Abu Dhabi. The Russian delegation is led by presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky, the Ukrainian delegation by Rustem Umerov, while the US is represented by the president's special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. According to Gazeta.Ru citing RIA Novosti, this is the first meeting in a trilateral format after an almost nine-month break.

Kushner: disagreements identified and narrowed

The American leader's special representative Jared Kushner said that the US had held talks with both sides and, in his words, «we really did manage to identify and narrow the disagreements on issues where progress can be achieved». «We have good ideas on how to overcome them», — RIA Novosti quotes him as saying.

What is on the agenda and what preceded the meeting

The parties intend to discuss the terms of a ceasefire, security guarantees and humanitarian issues. Earlier, as Gazeta.Ru notes, the US asked Russia for security guarantees for Ukraine. No results of the talks in Abu Dhabi had been reported as of the time of publication.