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Budanov hints he is already in UAE: Much difficult work lies ahead, but concrete results are needed. PHOTO
The Ukrainian delegation has likely already arrived in Abu Dhabi, where trilateral talks involving representatives of Ukraine, the United States and Russia are due to begin today.
Kyrylo Budanov, a member of the Ukrainian delegation, hinted at its arrival, Censor.NET reports.
Details from Budanov
He posted a photo taken outside the entrance to a local hotel.
"It’s been a long journey, and there’s a lot of hard work ahead, but what matters most is getting concrete results," the head of the Presidential Office wrote.
Background
- As previously reported, delegations from Ukraine and Russia are due to hold US-mediated talks in Abu Dhabi (UAE) on November 10–11.
- Vladimir Medinsky, an aide to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, will lead the Russian delegation. Igor Kostyukov and Yuri Zhigarlovsky, representing two directorates of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, and Russian Deputy Foreign Ministers Sergei Ryabkov and Mikhail Galuzin will also take part in the Abu Dhabi meeting.
- Rustem Umerov, head of Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence Service, led the Ukrainian delegation. Its members included Presidential Office chief Kyrylo Budanov, his first deputy Serhii Kyslytsia, Servant of the People faction leader Davyd Arakhamiia, and Vadym Skibitskyi, deputy chief of the Defense Ministry’s Main Intelligence Directorate.
- Rustem Umerov, a member of Ukraine’s negotiating team, said the Ukrainian delegation was on its way to the venue for the scheduled meetings in Abu Dhabi, where representatives of Ukraine, the US and Russia were due to hold a trilateral meeting.
- Umerov said representatives of European countries, including those in the E4 format (the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Italy), as well as representatives of NATO and the European Commission, would be in Abu Dhabi on the same dates.
