According to one of the interlocutors, in the room during the discussions, “respect reigned, because everyone was really looking for a solution.”
At the end of the second day of negotiations, the source said, all three delegations took part in a joint lunch.
“There was a moment when everyone almost looked like friends,” the official said.
According to him, the negotiations went as well as the United States expected.
Context
January 23 to the parties failed to reach a compromise on the territorial issue, Reuters wrote. After that, on the night of January 24, the Russians fired 21 missiles at Ukraine, including two 3M22 Zircon anti-ship missiles, six Iskander-M/S-300 ballistic missiles, 12 Kh-22/Kh-32 cruise missiles and one Kh-59/69 guided missile. Kyiv and the region were under the main attack. The next day, negotiations continued.
January 24 chapter The Ukrainian state, Vladimir Zelensky, called the negotiations “constructive.” In the meeting in the UAE “has” results, an unnamed interlocutor told the Russian propaganda agency TASS.
During negotiations between the delegations of Ukraine, the United States and Russia in Abu Dhabi on January 23 and 24, the parties achieved some progress on the military issue, but there are no agreements on territories yet, a source told RBC-Ukraine. Axios journalist Barak Ravid noted that negotiations will continue on February 1.
