“Of course, we are following them, and we hope for productive results. We start from the principle stated by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that there should be no losing side in the peace process,” the news agency stated.

Experts in local international politics believe that Turkiye’s stance shows its role as an active mediator and its strategic interest in negotiated stability in the Black Sea region.

The talks, which include Russia, the United States, and Ukraine, started this Friday in Abu Dhabi with the formation of a trilateral working group on security.

On the Ukrainian side, the meeting was attended by National Security and Defense Council Secretary Rustem Umerov, Presidential Administration chief Kyrylo Budanov, lawmaker David Arakhamia, and Deputy Foreign Minister Sergiy Kyslytsya.

Chief of the General Staff, Andrii Hnatov, and Vadym Skibitsky, deputy head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, will join the delegation on Saturday.

High-ranking officials from the Defense Ministry and Admiral Igor Kostiukov, head of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, will be present on the Russian side.

The United States is represented by White House Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and entrepreneur Jared Kushner, and Federal Acquisition Service Commissioner Josh Gruenbaum.

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