The second day of talks between the delegations of Moscow, Washington and Kyiv has begun in Abu Dhabi. The Russian delegation will make a statement to the press following the consultations.
On the first day of the meeting, the discussion lasted almost four hours. A RIA Novosti source said the Ukrainian settlement was only one item on the agenda, and participants focused mainly on the question of creating a new security system in Europe. The talks were conducted in Russian.
The Russian delegation is headed by presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky. It also includes Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov and Mikhail Galuzin, head of the FSB Service for Operational Information and International Relations Alexey Komkov, and head of the Main Directorate of the General Staff Igor Kostyukov.
The Ukrainian negotiating group is represented by Foreign Intelligence Service head Rustem Umerov, head of Vladimir Zelensky's office Kirill Budanov*, his deputy Sergey Kislitsa, head of the "Servant of the People" faction in the Rada David Arakhamia, deputy head of the Defense Ministry's Main Intelligence Directorate Vadim Skibitsky, and former head of the Ukrainian Armed Forces General Staff Andrey Gnatov.
The United States is represented at the talks by US presidential special envoy Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, and NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe Alexus Grynkewich.
* Included in Russia's list of terrorists and extremists.