Spokesperson for the ruler of Russia Dmitry Peskov has said that the Russian delegation will arrive in Abu Dhabi on 10-11 November to participate in trilateral negotiations in the Ukraine-US-Russia format. The head of the Russian delegation remains Vladimir Medinsky, assistant to the ruler of Russia.
Source: Kremlin-aligned Russian news agency RIA Novosti
Quote: "The Russian delegation will arrive in Abu Dhabi on 10-11 November and will participate in trilateral negotiations. Regarding the chief negotiator in this process from the Russian side. It remains my colleague Medinsky."
Details: When asked whether Putin will contact the Russian negotiators before they depart for Abu Dhabi, Peskov replied that there are no precise plans yet.
However, according to Peskov, overall virtually all members of the Russian delegation already "regularly report" on current issues to Putin and "receive the appropriate instructions".
Background: In October, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that a trilateral meeting of technical teams regarding the end of the war between Russia and Ukraine, with the participation of representatives from Russia and the US, is planned to be held in the first half of November . The Ukrainian president later reported that holding the meeting depends on the American side. Ukraine was seeking to bring forward upcoming Ukraine-US-Russia negotiations to be held in Abu Dhabi by at least one week. The Ukrainians also want to involve an EU representative in the talks. Zelenskyy said that he was ready to meet Russian leader Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump in Istanbul to discuss the terms for ending the war . On 28 October, Zelenskyy said that, following a conversation between European leaders and Russian ruler Vladimir Putin, there are indications that Russia is serious about a meeting of the negotiating teams in Abu Dhabi.
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