The issue of rare earth metals will not be discussed at the meeting in Abu Dhabi, Dmitry Peskov told RTVI.
The Russian delegation to the trilateral negotiations with the United States and Ukraine will be headed by the assistant to the president, Vladimir Medinsky. Together with him, Sergey Ryabkov, Mikhail Glozin, Igor Kostyukov and Yuri Zhigerlovsky went to the United Arab Emirates.
On the Ukrainian side, the head of the delegation, Rostam Umerov, as well as Kirill Budanov (defined as terrorists and extremists in Russia), Sergey Kislitsa, David Arkhamia and Adim Skivitsky will participate in the negotiations.
European representatives will also be in Abu Dhabi, including a NATO official, but are not expected to participate in the talks.