&imwidth=800&imheight=600&format=webp&quality=medium "‘Useful in every respect’: Russia hails Putin-Witkoff meet on Ukraine, announces trilateral talks in UAE")
The Kremlin said on Friday (Jan 23) that the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff was “useful in every respect”. The talks, which were held as part of efforts to end the war in Ukraine, lasted more than three hours. The statement added that a trilateral working group on security issues has been agreed upon, with representatives from the US, Russia, and Ukraine set to hold talks in the United Arab Emirates.
“It was agreed that the first meeting of a trilateral working group on security issues will take place today in Abu Dhabi,” Kremlin diplomatic adviser Yuri Ushakov told reporters.
During the discussions, Witkoff was accompanied by Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, while Putin appeared alongside his foreign policy adviser, Yuri Ushakov, and international economic affairs envoy, Kirill Dmitriev.
Speaking at the World Economic Forum in the Swiss ski resort of Davos, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky also mentioned the trilateral talks scheduled in Abu Dhabi. He added that his team will meet the US team, and then they will have a two-day “trilateral meeting” in the United Arab Emirates from Friday (Jan 23).
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Zelensky said that Russia should also be prepared for some compromises. “Everyone has to be ready, not only Ukraine. It’s better than not having any type of dialogue,” he said. “God bless the war will stop—I hope so.”
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Following talks in Moscow, Witkoff, along with US officials, will be flying to Abu Dhabi, where the talks are expected to continue. Kremlin diplomatic adviser Yuri Ushakov said that a Russian delegation, led by General Igor Kostyukov, director of Russia's GRU military intelligence agency, will also head to the UAE “in the coming hours” for the talks.
“It was agreed that the first meeting of a trilateral working group on security issues will take place today in Abu Dhabi,” Ushakov added.
“We are genuinely interested in resolving (the conflict) through political and diplomatic means,” he said, but added, “Until that happens, Russia will continue to achieve its objectives... on the battlefield.”
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