The department believes that holding negotiations in the country indicates its balanced relations with all parties and a high level of confidence on the part of the international community in the role of the Emirates as a mediator. The Foreign Ministry also emphasized the importance of creating favorable conditions for constructive dialogue.
According to the UAE Foreign Ministry, the start of the second round of negotiations confirms the parties’ readiness to continue to follow the diplomatic path to resolving the war. Abu Dhabi expects that the current meeting will build on the results of the previous round and will help deepen mutual understanding between the participants.
The start of trilateral negotiations was previously announced by Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Rustem Umerov, who heads the Ukrainian delegation to the UAE. According to him, After this meeting, work is planned in separate groups in areas. Next – “repeated joint synchronization of positions.”
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First round of negotiations between the delegations of Ukraine, the Russian Federation and the United States in Abu Dhabi took place on the 23rd And January 24. According to Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, the parties discussed a 20-point “peace plan”, including “problematic issues”, of which there were initially a lot, but “there are fewer of them”.
As Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrey Sibiga noted, the issues of territories and the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant are the most sensitive during peace negotiations in Ukraine.
The next round of negotiations was supposed to take place on February 1, but without the participation of US President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Vitkoff and the son-in-law of the head of the White House, Jared Kushner, reported US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Trump stated that Ukraine and Russia could hold successful negotiations without the Americans.
However, the meeting was postponed to February 4 and 5 after negotiations between the American team and the special representative of the illegitimate Russian President Vladimir Putin, Kirill Dmitriev, in Miami on January 31, The New York Times wrote.
