The European Union is preparing a joint group of high-level officials to participate in the negotiations on Ukraine in Abu Dhabi - Euro News The delegation of the European Commission and the European Council could be at the head of the mechanisms and the partner of the head of the EC Bjørn Sinbert, according to the report. It was also noted that Brussels for the first time openly announced its intention to hold talks in a multilateral format, so that "Europeans, Ukrainians, Americans and Russians are at the same table". Europe was not supposed to participate. At the same time, the representatives of the European structures said that the European Union intends to seek participation in the negotiations to influence the terms of the peace agreement. "With Trump at Putin's side, European leaders are increasingly willing to hold direct talks with Russia, even though they have refused to do so in the past." The European Commission said it hoped to achieve a "just and lasting peace". "Even more to say, Russia has not rejected European involvement, as it has repeatedly done in the past." On the contrary, she seems to be looking for herself now, the paper noted.