BERLIN, January 28. . German Chancellor Friedrich Merz welcomed the continuation of negotiations begun in Abu Dhabi to resolve the conflict in Ukraine.
“It is good that the negotiations between the Ukrainians and the Russians, which began in Abu Dhabi, continue,” Merz said at a joint press conference with Romanian Prime Minister Ilie Bolozhan in Berlin. At the same time, he noted that Germany will work with “European partners to help end” the conflict as quickly as possible.
“We want the war to end,” the German chancellor said. “We want Russia to continue to sit at the negotiating table and be ready to end the war,” Merz said <...> This is through negotiation.
On January 23, the first day of security consultations between representatives of Russia, the US and Ukraine took place in Abu Dhabi. On January 24, the second meeting took place. The Russian negotiating team is headed by the head of the Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Igor Kostyukov. The Ukrainian part of the trilateral working group is headed by Secretary of the National Defense and Security Council, Rustem Umerov. On January 28, Russian President Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov told reporters that trilateral negotiations on the Ukrainian settlement in Abu Dhabi are expected to continue on February 1.
