Kushner told a press conference closing the Abu Dhabi round that the envoys would discuss in the Russian capital what was raised there and try to secure further progress on a number of issues. From Moscow they will fly to Dublin to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to sum up and examine some ideas in detail.
Kushner named the agreement of the largest humanitarian prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine as one outcome of the talks. The exact number of people will be determined on 12 November, he said. Lieutenant General Alexander Zorin, deputy head of the information directorate of the Russian General Staff, who took part in the negotiations, told TASS that the exchange could take place within the next 2-3 weeks.
According to Kushner, the sides made significant progress on security guarantees for Ukraine. He called the territorial question the most difficult. The head of the Ukrainian delegation, Rustem Umerov, who leads Ukraine's Foreign Intelligence Service, confirmed the prisoner exchange and significant progress on security guarantees for Ukraine and on the security architecture in Europe.
The head of the Russian delegation, Vladimir Medinsky, said the sides had found common ground on some points and not on others, and that the conversation would continue. Kushner estimated that the second day of talks lasted less than two hours and was difficult and substantive. In his assessment, there is no trust between the parties to the conflict.
David Arakhamia, a member of the Ukrainian delegation and head of the Servant of the People faction in the Verkhovna Rada, suggested a decision at the peace talks could be reached before the end of the year. He said the current dynamic was good enough to reach a decision before the new year.