Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated that the upcoming meeting in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday is dedicated to agreeing on principles that will be fixed after the completion of negotiations on a comprehensive settlement in Ukraine. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Sputnik Kazakhstan.
In an interview with RIA Novosti, Lavrov noted: "The fact that negotiators, on the instructions of US President Donald Trump, have proposed to consider collective security issues as priority matters in the Ukraine negotiations is certainly commendable," he said at a press conference on Monday.
He added that everyone welcomes the focus on agreeing principles that will be fixed after the negotiations on the settlement are completed.
The next round of trilateral talks between Russia, the United States, and Ukraine will take place on November 10-11 in Abu Dhabi.