The issue of Europe's security architecture has been raised by Moscow repeatedly at trilateral talks on a Ukrainian settlement. This was stated by the head of the Russian delegation, Vladimir Medinsky.
"Many years have passed, and finally this topic has gained resonance and the understanding that it must be resolved," he said, commenting on the results of the second day of discussions.
Medinsky also noted that the conflict in Ukraine has demonstrated the poor performance of the current security system in Europe.
The talks between representatives of Moscow, Washington and Kyiv in Abu Dhabi ended earlier in the day and lasted about an hour and a half. All delegations left the venue accompanied by police cars.
The event was held behind closed doors. Following its results, the Russian delegation will make a statement for the press.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Vladimir Putin was kept constantly informed of the course of the discussions. According to him, the president touched on this topic at yesterday's meeting with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko.
On the first day, the consultations lasted almost four hours. As a RIA Novosti source said, the Ukrainian settlement was only one of the items for discussion; the parties focused mainly on the issue of forming a new security system in Europe. The participants in the talks communicated in Russian.
The Russian delegation was headed by presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky. It also included Deputy Foreign Ministers Sergey Ryabkov and Mikhail Galuzin, the head of the FSB Service for Operational Information and International Relations, Alexey Komkov, and the head of the Main Directorate of the General Staff, Igor Kostyukov.
The Ukrainian negotiating group included the head of the Foreign Intelligence Service, Rustem Umerov, the head of Vladimir Zelensky's office, Kirill Budanov*, his deputy Sergey Kislitsa, the chairman of the "Servant of the People" faction in the Rada, David Arakhamia, the deputy head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, Vadim Skibitsky, and the former head of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Andrey Gnatov.
The United States was represented at the meeting by the US president's special envoy Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and the supreme commander of NATO forces in Europe, Alexus Grynkewich.
Representatives of European countries also flew to Abu Dhabi. They did not take part in the talks themselves. The Russian delegation did not meet with them.