Von der Leyen confirmed in X that the European Union will send its representatives to the negotiations between Ukraine and the Russian Federation in Abu Dhabi.
According to Politico, Europe will send Der Leyen's chief of staff Bjorn Seibert, chief foreign policy adviser to EU Council President Anne-Maria Borre, and national security advisers from France, Germany and Britain.
One of the EU officials said that the Europeans will not be directly in the negotiation room.