[Regnum] European representatives may join the trilateral talks on Ukraine in Abu Dhabi if the parties can achieve significant progress in the initial phase of discussions. Bloomberg reported this on November 8, citing sources.
According to them, European officials will initially be in Abu Dhabi but will only join the discussions if progress is achieved. For example, the Europeans consider progress to include Russia's rescinding its demand for the withdrawal of Ukrainian Armed Forces from the occupied parts of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR).
A trilateral meeting in Abu Dhabi involving representatives of Russia, the United States, and Ukraine is scheduled for November 10–11. Participants will discuss security issues, de-escalation, and humanitarian initiatives, including mutual security guarantees between Russia and Ukraine. The Russian delegation includes Presidential Aide Vladimir Medinsky, Deputy Foreign Ministers Sergei Ryabkov and Mikhail Galuzin, Chief of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Igor Kostyukov, and Deputy Chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff Yuri Zhigarlovsky.
On November 7, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova, amid military exercises by the multinational forces of the "coalition of the willing," stated that Europeans have no place at the negotiating table to resolve the Ukrainian conflict.