How the first round of trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi went

Today, November 10, the first day of trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi took place. First, there was a conversation with European and American partners, then – a trilateral format between the Ukrainian, American and Russian delegations. This was reported by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky.

He received a report from the negotiating team and noted that the trilateral format was constructive and quite substantive.

He added that he had given the Ukrainian team clear tasks for further dialogue – both in the trilateral format tomorrow and more broadly in the coming days with representatives of the President of the United States and representatives of Europe. The main thing, in his words, is to really bring peace closer. The President stressed that from the Ukrainian side there will be only productive, quality, honest work.

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Meanwhile, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the talks were "productive," but there is still a lot of work ahead. This was reported by "SkyNews".

Speaking from Paris, the U.S. Secretary of State noted that it is important for Europe to eventually join the negotiations.

Asked whether Russian negotiators in Abu Dhabi are seriously committed to ending the war, Rubio replied: "Well, that's what we are testing".

Also, according to information from sources "Ukrainska Pravda", during the first round of trilateral Ukraine-US-Russia talks in Abu Dhabi, the parties agreed to carry out a "large-scale prisoner exchange in the near future".

To remind, Ukraine at the November 10-11 talks is represented, in particular, by Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Rustem Umerov, head of the Office of the President Kyrylo Budanov, his first deputy Serhiy Kyslytsya, and intelligence representatives. Earlier, the Ukrainian side stated that it did not expect a breakthrough from the first meeting, but hopes for progress during the next round of talks.