A late-Thursday evening meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US envoy Steve Witkoff has ended.
The talks went on for more than three hours, the Kremlin said in a statement early Friday.
Witkoff was accompanied by US President Donald Trump‘s son-in-law, Jared Kushner as well as another envoy.
Putin appeared alongside his foreign policy adviser, Yuri Ushakov, and his envoy for international economic affairs, Kirill Dmitriev.
No details of the outcome were initially disclosed.
Negotiations over the end of Russia’s war in Ukraine are to continue today in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates — although Russia is calling them “security talks.”
Negotiators from Russia and Ukraine are to meet there with the United States present as a mediator.
Ukrainian negotiating team on its way to UAE
“Our team is currently en route to the United Arab Emirates for meetings with both the American and Russian sides,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy posted on social media late on Thursday evening.
“We will see how this proceeds and then determine our next steps.”
Trump-Zelenskyy meeting positive but still a way to go
Friday’s meeting in the UAE comes just a day after Trump met Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos.
Trump called the talk with Zelenskyy “good,” adding that it was an “ongoing process.”
For his part, Zelenskyy said that the terms of postwar security guarantees for Ukraine were finalized. But, he said, the issue of territory remains unsolved.
Zelenskyy and Trump met on the sidelines of the World Economic ForumImage: Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/REUTERS