On February 5, the second round of two-day negotiations between the delegations of the United States, Ukraine and the aggressor country of the Russian Federation ended in the UAE. In the OP they were called “constructive”.
“I’m expecting the team in Kyiv for a full report: many aspects cannot be discussed over the phone. From what can already be said, the next meetings are planned in the near future. Probably in America,” the head of state indicated.
Ukraine is ready for all formats of negotiations that can really bring peace closer and make it reliable, long-lasting and one that “deprives the Russian Federation of the appetite to fight further,” Zelensky noted.
“It is important that this war ends in such a way that Russia has no reward for aggression. This is one of the key principles that restores and guarantees real security,” he added.
Context
The first round of negotiations between the delegations of Ukraine, the Russian Federation and the United States in Abu Dhabi took place on January 23 and 24. According to Zelensky, the parties discussed a “peace plan” of 20 points, including “problematic issues,” of which there were initially a lot, but “they became fewer.”
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 the meeting 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.
On February 4, trilateral negotiations resumed in Abu Dhabi. On the first day, the meeting of the delegations of the United States, Ukraine and the Russian Federation lasted approximately five hours. According to the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Rustem Umerov, “the work was meaningful and productive, focused on concrete steps and practical solutions.”
During a meeting in Abu Dhabi, Russia and Ukraine agreed to exchange 314 prisoners. Same day The first exchange of this year took place157 Ukrainians returned home.
