Russia, Ukraine start second day of US-led talks
Russia and Ukraine have resumed U.S.-mediated talks in Abu Dhabi for a second day, Kyiv's chief negotiator Rustem Umerov said on Wednesday.
"We are starting the second day of negotiations. First, a trilateral format together with the United States and Russia. After that, we will hold a separate meeting with our European partners. We are working," Umerov said on Telegram.
Ukraine insisted at the talks that Moscow end fighting before there can be any discussion on a future security arrangement for Europe, a source in the Ukrainian delegation told AFP on Wednesday.
"Here the positions diverge. We say that we need to discuss the security architecture of the future once hostilities have ceased and security guarantees for Ukraine are in place ... Whilst the Russians say the opposite," the source said.
Source: Agence France Presse
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