The key facts
- Trilateral talks between Russia, Ukraine and the US will be held in Abu Dhabi on November 10–11
- In parallel, Sybiha is meeting with Rubio in Paris
- According to Axios, after Abu Dhabi, Witkoff and Kushner may visit Moscow and Kyiv
Trilateral format in Abu Dhabi
On November 10–11, trilateral talks between Russia, Ukraine and the United States will be held in Abu Dhabi. This is reported by Gazeta.Ru, citing the Ukrainian publication Strana.ua and other sources. The Russian side will be represented by presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky, Deputy Foreign Ministers Sergei Ryabkov and Mikhail Galuzin, as well as Igor Kostyukov and Yuri Zhigalovsky from two directorates of the General Staff. The Ukrainian delegation will be led by Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Rustem Umerov; it will also include Head of the Presidential Office Kyrylo Budanov, his first deputy Serhiy Kyslytsia, leader of the Servant of the People faction David Arakhamia, Deputy Head of the Main Intelligence Directorate Vadym Skibitsky, and former Chief of the General Staff Andriy Hnatov. The American delegation will be led by US presidential special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.
Parallel meeting in Paris and possible continuation
While the talks are underway in Abu Dhabi, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha is holding a meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in France — 'in parallel with the talks in Abu Dhabi,' as the message of the Ukrainian publication is quoted. Earlier, the French Foreign Ministry said that EU representatives would also be present at the talks in Abu Dhabi. According to Axios, which the publication cites, the White House envoys may travel to Moscow and Kyiv after the meetings in Abu Dhabi for direct talks with Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky; this possibility has not yet been confirmed as a decision made.
