KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated on Monday (Nov 9) he had spoken with EU chief Ursula von der Leyen to coordinate positions with the bloc forward of US-mediated talks with Russia in Abu Dhabi this week.
European powers are engaged in an intense diplomatic push to make sure any settlement in Russia’s warfare on Ukraine is honest to Kyiv – and keep away from Washington providing Moscow new safety ensures over Europe’s head.
Posting on X after talking with von der Leyen, Zelenskyy stated that they had “coordinated our positions concerning the assembly in Abu Dhabi”.
“We’re doing all the things to make sure that the trilateral format delivers outcomes,” he added.
The European Fee chief confirmed on social media after their alternate that “the EU will probably be current alongside our companions” for the Abu Dhabi talks going down on Tuesday and Wednesday, echoing weekend statements by France’s overseas minister.
Kyiv’s lead negotiator Rustem Umerov introduced that the Ukrainian delegation – at present on the best way to Abu Dhabi – would “maintain separate coordination conferences with our European companions” there.
“Representatives of European international locations – together with the E4 group (the UK, France, Germany, and Italy) – in addition to representatives of NATO and the European Fee will probably be in Abu Dhabi,” Umerov stated on Telegram.
An EU official instructed AFP earlier that nationwide safety officers for the EU, NATO, France, Germany and the UK can be on web site – though exactly how they might be concerned was nonetheless unclear.
“Precise codecs we’ll see once we get there,” the official stated.
