Volodymyr Zelenskyy (Photo: OP)

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a conversation with the negotiation team that has already arrived in Abu Dhabi to participate in the trilateral dialogue. He said this during a chat with journalists.

"Before the talks, we discussed the issue. I spoke with the head of the delegation Rustem Umerv, our entire group was on the call – we talked to everyone, everyone understands what to do. We discussed the framework of the conversation, the topics and the desired results," the president said.

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They had also discussed that the formats of the conversation could be different, and the Ukrainian negotiating team would determine and react on the spot depending on the type of dialogue. The President emphasized that it was in the format of Ukraine-USA-Russia that the dialogue was held for the first time in a long period.

The team is in constant communication with Zelensky.

Before that, Sky news spread information that the talks had allegedly already started. However, presidential communications advisor Dmytro Lytvyn explained to the media that some teams had already arrived and could communicate with each other on certain issues on the agenda. But it should not be taken as a "traditional political meeting."

"These are conversations involving non-formal people," Lytvyn said.

  • on January 22, Zelenskyy announced that Abu Dhabi would host a two-day trilateral meeting negotiating groups of Ukraine, Russia and the United States. The talks will be held at the "technical level".
  • On the same day, US Special Representative Vitkoff said that the peace plan reduced to one questionbut he did not specify which one.
  • on January 23, the President announced that donbas is the key issue and will be discussed at a trilateral meeting in Abu Dhabi by representatives of Ukraine, the United States, and Russia.