Trilateral talks on ending the war in Ukraine resume after nine months: “Constructive talks”

[Financial News] Talks to end the war in Ukraine, involving the United States, Ukraine and Russia, resumed in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on the 10th (local time), after a nine-month hiatus. The Ukrainian side said the negotiations had been “constructive.”
According to France’s Agence France-Presse (AFP), working-level teams from the three countries gathered in Abu Dhabi, UAE, and began peace talks in the morning. After about four hours of discussions, including one break, they concluded the first day’s proceedings. The talks will continue through the 11th.
On the 10th, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described the discussions as “constructive and quite substantive.” The two sides began with humanitarian measures, including the release of prisoners. Zelenskyy said plans for security guarantees for Ukraine and the need for de-escalation measures were also on the agenda.
Before the main negotiations, the Ukrainian delegation held separate meetings with a U.S. envoy, representatives from the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Italy, and representatives of the European Union (EU) and NATO. The preliminary meetings discussed ways to establish a security framework based on European security organizations.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, attending a Group of Seven (G7) foreign ministers’ meeting in Paris, said the talks that day had been “very productive” and that Europe should take part in the negotiations.
The Russian side offered no assessment of that day’s talks. On the same day, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov rejected the European proposal that a ceasefire should come before discussions on European security, saying, “A ceasefire is intended to allow the Ukrainian regime to make up for its military losses.”
Meanwhile, Zelenskyy visited Copenhagen, Denmark, that day and appealed for support for Ukraine in meetings with Nordic leaders, including Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo. The Danish government announced an additional aid package for Ukraine that day, comprising 4.8 billion kroner (about 964.4 billion won) for the military sector and 150 million kroner (about 30.1 billion won) for the energy sector.
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