00:00And representatives from Russia, Ukraine and the United States held their first round of direct negotiations in Abu Dhabi on Friday
00:08after Moscow demanded that Kiev withdraw its troops from eastern Ukraine to end four years of conflict.
00:16Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated before the start of talks that the Ukrainian armed forces must leave Donbass.
00:25For his part, Ukrainian negotiator Rustam Umedov, in a message on his ex-account, said that the talks focused on the parameters for ending the war
00:35and the logical continuation of the negotiation process aimed at moving towards a dignified and lasting peace.
00:43That is why the three delegations are scheduled to resume dialogue tomorrow.
00:48This meeting in Abu Dhabi comes a day after two high-level meetings,
00:53one in Davos between Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky and his U.S. counterpart Donald Trump,
00:59and another in Moscow between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.
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