Russia will be satisfied only after win achieved, peace accords are signed — Medinsky

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Russia, the United States and Ukraine held talks in Abu Dhabi on November 10-11

MOSCOW, November 11. /TASS/. Russia will be satisfied only after it achieves victory and signs an agreement based on its own terms, Russian Presidential Aide Vladimir Medinsky, who heads the Russian delegation at the trilateral talks on the Ukrainian conflict settlement in Abu Dhabi, said on Wednesday.

"Only when we win and sign a peace agreement on our terms," he said in an interview with Russia’s television broadcaster Vesti in response to a question whether the Russian side was satisfied with the outcome of the negotiations.

Russia, the United States and Ukraine held talks in Abu Dhabi on November 10-11. The first round of consultations lasted four and a half hours, including a 40-minute break, on November 10, followed by a session that lasted about two hours on November 11. Presidential Aide Vladimir Medinsky led the Russian delegation, while Foreign Intelligence Service chief Rustem Umerov headed the Ukrainian delegation.

US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe Alexus Grynkewich and UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, were also present at the negotiating table when the talks began.

The parties were expected to focus on developing mechanisms to prevent threats and strengthen regional stability, as well as to discuss key aspects of a new continental security system in the post-conflict period.

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