The European Union and Ukraine coordinate their positions ahead of the negotiations in Abu Dhabi, the Russian Federation insists on a meeting without Europeans.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that he coordinated with the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen the position of the upcoming negotiations in Abu Dhabi, in which representatives of Ukraine, the Russian Federation and the United States will discuss the end of the war:
"We are doing everything to ensure that the triple format brings results," Zelensky wrote on social media.
Von der Leyen also reported in X that she had a "good conversation" with the president of Ukraine and confirmed the presence of EU representatives at the meeting: "We also discussed the ongoing peace and negotiation efforts in Abu Dhabi, where the EU will be represented together with our partners."
Earlier, the French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barreau announced that the Europeans would participate in the negotiations in Abu Dhabi.
The negotiations in Abu Dhabi are "triangular negotiations between Russia and Ukraine mediated by the United States," Kremlin Chairman Dmitry Peskov said in turn. According to him, "Americans have their own communication channels with Europeans, Ukrainians with Europeans." "But I repeat again, we are talking about tripartite negotiations," Interfax quotes Peskov.
Earlier, the "Financial Times" reported, citing sources, that the national security advisers of France, Germany and Great Britain, as well as the chiefs of staff of the head of the European Commission and the Secretary General of NATO, will participate in certain sections of the negotiations in Abu Dhabi to prevent Russia from using the negotiations "to change the security architecture of Europe".
The negotiations between Russia, Ukraine and the United States in Abu Dhabi are scheduled for November 10-11.