Soon, the Kremlin announced that a new round of tripartite negotiations on the Ukrainian issue may take place in November in Abu Dhabi. Later, the press secretary of the head of state, Dmitry Peskov, said that Russian representatives will arrive in the capital of the United Arab Emirates on November 10-11. Peskov also said that Moscow would support the appointment of an EU negotiator if it was committed to a peace settlement. In turn, the head of state's assistant Yuri Ushakov said that Europe's position may be of central importance to the resolution of the Ukrainian conflict. "Because it is not enough to talk only with Kiev, you have to talk with all of Europe, which fully supports Kiev [in the intention to continue the conflict], and perhaps Europe's position here is of such a key nature," he said. A few days after the talks with Witkoff, Putin had a telephone conversation with the President of Finland, Alexander Stubb, and with the Prime Minister of Norway, Jonas Gahr Stora. It was the Russian leader's first contact with European counterparts in more than a year. The Kremlin stated that the parties welcome the agreement to renew the tripartite negotiations and agreed to continue the talks. Ushkov emphasized that Moscow is in favor of continuing the negotiations in the previous format - with the participation of Russia, Ukraine and the USA, and considers American mediation "useful". Russia opposes Western sanctions, and considers them illegal and ineffective. Peskov stated that the Russian economy operates under a large number of restrictions and this has created a "certain immunity" for it.