Second round of Abu Dhabi peace talks end
Two-day trilateral Ukrainian-American-Russian talks on ending the war in Ukraine in Abu Dhabi (UAE) have ended, Diana Davitian, spokeswoman for the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Rustem Umerov has said.
"The talks are over. Communication will be later," Davityan told reporters on Thursday.
As reported, bilateral (Ukraine-US) and trilateral (Ukraine-US-Russia) talks took place on February 4-5 in Abu Dhabi.
After the trilateral talks ended on Wednesday, work was carried out in groups. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy noted that after the trilateral talks, there were contacts between the Ukrainian negotiating team and the American side. Based on the results of the report of the Ukrainian delegation, the president announced an exchange of prisoners of war in the near future.
US President Donald Trump’s special representative for the talks, Stephen Witkoff, who is participating in the negotiations, said on Thursday morning that the delegations "agreed on the exchange of 314 prisoners - the first such exchange in five months." "This result was achieved thanks to detailed and productive peace negotiations," he added.
Trump’s special representative also announced progress in the negotiations in the coming weeks, without specifying details.
In late January, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy updated the composition of the Ukrainian delegation to participate in the negotiation process with the United States and representatives of the Russian Federation on achieving a just and lasting peace. The Ukrainian delegation includes the head of the Presidential Office Kyrylo Budanov and his first deputy Serhiy Kyslytsia, People’s Deputy David Arakhamia, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Andriy Hnatov, and Advisor to the Office of the President of Ukraine Oleksandr Bevz.
The American side was represented in the consultations by US President Donald Trump’s special envoys Stephen Witkoff, Jared Kushner and Joshua Gruenbaum, as well as US Secretary of the Army Daniel Driscoll and NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) Alex Grinkevich. The Russian side was represented at the military leadership level.
