In brief: Ukrainian negotiators opened consultations with US and European partners to coordinate positions before planned trilateral talks with Russia. Kyiv’s priorities include ending the fighting, securing reliable postwar security guarantees, supporting economic recovery, and addressing humanitarian issues.
Ukraine’s delegation began consultations with US and European partners in Abu Dhabi ahead of planned three-way negotiations with Russia, Ukrainian foreign intelligence chief Rustem Umerov, who heads the Ukrainian delegation, said.
The opening meeting is intended to align positions and coordinate the partners’ next steps before Ukrainian, American, and Russian representatives meet in a trilateral format.
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Representatives of Britain, France, Germany, Italy, NATO, and the European Commission joined the initial consultations, Umerov said in a Telegram post. US presidential envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were also expected to participate.
The consultations mark the opening stage of the delegation’s work in Abu Dhabi. Umerov’s statement did not indicate that the three-way talks involving Russia had begun.
Ukraine’s delegation includes presidential chief of staff Kyrylo Budanov; Davyd Arakhamia, who leads the governing Servant of the People faction in parliament; first deputy presidential chief of staff Sergiy Kyslytsya; and Vadym Skibitskyi, deputy head of Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR).
Umerov said Ukraine would prioritize ending the fighting and securing reliable guarantees for the country’s security after the war, alongside economic recovery and further development.
The delegation will also give particular attention to humanitarian issues, he said, without specifying which measures would be discussed.
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“We are working to make as much progress as possible on these issues and bring peace closer,” Umerov said.
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