{"id":19236,"date":"2026-03-13T21:58:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T17:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/?p=19236"},"modified":"2026-03-13T21:58:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T17:58:40","slug":"war-in-the-middle-east-pushes-ukraine-russia-peace-talks-to-the-background-ahmad-shahidov-speaks-to-arb24-television","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/?p=19236","title":{"rendered":"War in the Middle East pushes Ukraine\u2013Russia peace talks to the background \u2013 Ahmad Shahidov speaks to ARB24 Television"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yhMSG8WMDd0?si=uTvzG1sr-5njrOPz\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nThe war unfolding in the Middle East, particularly in Iran, has become one of the main issues on the international agenda. Against this backdrop, the peace negotiations between Ukraine and Russia, conducted with the mediation of the United States, are gradually moving out of the spotlight. Although several rounds of talks have taken place in Abu Dhabi and Geneva in recent months, the fate of the meeting planned for next week in Abu Dhabi appears uncertain amid the current geopolitical situation.<\/p>\n<p>Political analyst Ahmad Shahidov told ARB24 that the expanding war in the Middle East is diverting Washington\u2019s attention from the Ukraine\u2013Russia conflict: \u201cAt the moment, Washington\u2019s full attention and resources are focused on the war in Iran. As a result, the United States\u2019 mediation mission between Ukraine and Russia has effectively entered a more passive phase, and the negotiation process has lost its previous momentum.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Ahmad Shahidov, the shift in international priorities is also affecting the diplomatic resolution of the Ukraine\u2013Russia war: \u201cThe tension in the Middle East and the possibility of a large-scale war scenario have directed the attention of Western capitals entirely toward that region. This temporarily pushes the discussion of the Ukraine\u2013Russia war and the peace negotiations into the background.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/arb24_13.03.2026.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-19237\" src=\"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/arb24_13.03.2026-700x394.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/arb24_13.03.2026-700x394.jpg 700w, https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/arb24_13.03.2026-475x267.jpg 475w, https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/arb24_13.03.2026-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/arb24_13.03.2026-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/arb24_13.03.2026-1920x1080.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/arb24_13.03.2026.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/arb24_13.03.2026b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-19238\" src=\"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/arb24_13.03.2026b-700x394.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/arb24_13.03.2026b-700x394.jpg 700w, https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/arb24_13.03.2026b-475x267.jpg 475w, https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/arb24_13.03.2026b-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/arb24_13.03.2026b-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/arb24_13.03.2026b-1920x1080.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/arb24_13.03.2026b.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The war unfolding in the Middle East, particularly in Iran, has become one of the main issues on the international agenda. Against this backdrop, the peace negotiations between Ukraine and&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19238,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[232,220],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interview","category-slider"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/arb24_13.03.2026b.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19236"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19236\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19239,"href":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19236\/revisions\/19239"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shahidov.com\/en\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}