Russia and Ukraine have reached agreement in principle on a new and large exchange of prisoners of war during trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi, where representatives of the United States of America participated.
The news revealed Wednesday the head of the Russian delegation, Vladimir Medinsky, who said concrete exchange parameters would become public in the near future.
According to Medinsky, the main topic of negotiations was the future security architecture in Europe after the war ended in Ukraine.
The world needs a new, modern and up-to-date security system that will be fair and will not function at the expense of any individual country. We will work on this, he said after the end of the second day of negotiations.
The head of the Russian delegation argued that the war in Ukraine has proved that the current security system in Europe is not functioning effectively, so, according to him, it is necessary to create a new framework for the post-war period.
According to the Russian side, discussions also focused on finding mechanisms that would prevent future threats and strengthen regional stability.
Medinsky announced that details of the negotiations will not be published until the final agreements are reached. He described the atmosphere of meetings as friendly, praising the active role of American representatives.
An important part of the discussion was also devoted to humanitarian issues. Medinsky confirmed that Moscow and Kiev have agreed in principle to a new and large exchange of prisoners of war.
We have agreed in principle to a new large-scale exchange of prisoners of war, whose specific parameters will be announced in the near future, Medinsky told reporters after the tripartite talks.
However, until now it has not been known how many prisoners will be involved in this agreement and when the exchange is expected to be implemented.
Meanwhile, during the first day of the negotiations, Ukrainian President Volodyyr Zelenskyy had announced that two possibilities for exchange were under consideration: one out of a thousand prisoners for each side and the other even greater, with between 1,000 and 500 prisoners from each country.
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