Russian, US and Ukrainian delegations hold talks in Abu Dhabi

Representatives of Moscow, Washington and Kyiv are holding a trilateral meeting in Abu Dhabi, a source in the negotiating team told RIA Novosti.

The consultations are being held behind closed doors.

Russia is represented at the talks by Vladimir Medinsky, aide to the president; Sergei Ryabkov and Mikhail Galuzin, deputy foreign ministers; Alexey Komkov, head of the FSB Service of Operational Information and International Relations; and Igor Kostyukov, head of the Main Directorate of the General Staff. The Ukrainian delegation includes Rustem Umerov, head of the Foreign Intelligence Service; Kyrylo Budanov, head of Volodymyr Zelensky’s office; Davyd Arakhamia, head of the Servant of the People faction in the Verkhovna Rada; his deputy, Serhiy Kyslytsya; Vadym Skibitskyi, deputy head of the Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) of the Ministry of Defense; and Andriy Hnatov, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

On the US side, the meeting is attended by Steve Witkoff, special envoy of Donald Trump, and Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law. The last talks in this format were held in early February.