The Ukrainian delegation does not count on a substantial breakthrough during the first round of trilateral negotiations between Ukraine, the United States, and Russia, which will take place on November 10–11 in Abu Dhabi. At the same time, Kyiv places more serious expectations on the next stage of the negotiation process.
This was stated by the head of the parliamentary faction "Servant of the People," a member of the Ukrainian negotiating delegation, David Arakhamia, in a comment to Deutsche Welle during a visit to Washington on November 6.
According to Arakhamia, the main reason for the restrained expectations lies in the long pause in the trilateral negotiation process. Therefore, the very fact of resuming contacts between Kyiv, Washington, and Moscow is regarded by the Ukrainian side as an achievement.
"The very resumption of trilateral negotiations is already an achievement. It was not easy to achieve this," — Arakhamia noted.
He emphasized the role of the U.S. President’s special representative Steve Witkoff, who, in his assessment, has done significant work to resume the negotiation process.
"Therefore, we have minimal expectations from the first round, but from the second we already expect results," — stated the head of the parliamentary faction.
Arakhamia also said that one of the goals of the technical negotiations is to prepare a trilateral meeting between the presidents of Ukraine, the United States, and Russia — Volodymyr Zelensky, Donald Trump, and Vladimir Putin.
Commenting on the possibility of organizing such a summit during the G20 leaders' meeting, he noted that first it is necessary to create conditions for negotiations at the highest level.
"Our goal is to create conditions for such a meeting. But it depends on three sides. Although, frankly speaking, actually on one, since two sides have already agreed," — Arakhamia said.
He did not specify when the meeting of the three presidents could take place or what preliminary agreements are necessary for its holding.
As a reminder, on November 10–11, the first trilateral negotiations between Ukraine, the United States, and Russia since February are scheduled in the capital of the United Arab Emirates. The Ukrainian delegation, in addition to Arakhamia, includes Head of the Presidential Office Kyrylo Budanov, Head of the Foreign Intelligence Service Rustem Umerov, First Deputy Head of the Presidential Office Serhiy Kyslytsia, and Deputy Chief of the Main Intelligence Directorate Vadym Skibitsky.
In parallel, the Ukrainian delegation will hold separate consultations with representatives of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, NATO, and the European Commission. Among the key topics of the negotiations are the cessation of hostilities, security guarantees, de-escalation, and humanitarian issues.
The date of the second round of trilateral negotiations has not yet been announced. There are also no confirmed agreements on holding a meeting of the leaders of the three states.
Based on materials from: Deutsche Welle, Rustem Umerov.
