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Russia, Ukraine sit for tense talks on thorny territorial issue

Russia, Ukraine sit for tense talks on thorny territorial issue

(VOVWORLD) - Ukrainian and Russian negotiators met in Abu Dhabi on Friday to tackle the vital issue of territory, with no sign of a compromise.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the territorial dispute was a central issue for the tripartite talks, including Russian, Ukrainian and US officials, which were scheduled to conclude on Saturday.

He said in a statement on the Telegram app that it was too early to draw conclusions from Friday's talks. He also said on Friday that a deal on US security guarantees for Ukraine was ready, and that he was only waiting on President Donald  Trump for a specific date and place to sign it.

Rustem Umerov, the head of the Ukrainian delegation, said in a statement the talks had discussed parameters for ending the conflict and the "further logic of the negotiation process."

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