The first meeting of the trilateral working group on security issues will be held in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) today, Kremlin advisor Yuri Ushakov said late last night, adding that the recent meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US envoy Steve Vitkoff was "useful in every respect."
Ushakov told reporters that a Russian delegation, led by a senior General Staff official, General Igor Kostyukov, is traveling to Abu Dhabi to meet with the Ukrainians and Americans.
"The Americans have done a lot to prepare for this meeting and hope that it will be successful and that it will open up prospects for progress on all issues related to ending the conflict," Ushakov stressed, the French newspaper Le Monde reported on its website.
A meeting dedicated to economic issues will be held today in Abu Dhabi by Vitkoff and the Kremlin's envoy for international economic affairs, Kirill Dmitriev, Ushakov said.
"We are sincerely interested in a solution (of the conflict) through political and diplomatic means. Until that happens, Russia will continue to pursue its goals on the battlefield," he added.
According to Kiev, Ukraine will be represented at the trilateral meeting by Security Council Secretary Rustem Umerov, his Chief of Staff Kirill Budanov, Deputy Chief of Staff Serhiy Kislitsa, the head of the president's party David Arahamiya, and the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, General Andriy Khnatov.
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