The time has not yet come for European participation in the negotiations on Ukraine, Karin Kneisel emphasized in an interview with TASs:
"The role of Europe [in Abu Dhabi] is reduced to zero because, as already said, the negotiations are conducted in a tripartite format, which means there are three parties involved," she said. "That is, the Russian Federation, Ukraine and the United States as a mediator. The Europeans send their officials. If they hold meetings in the cafeteria, then that's their business."