EU to send joint team to Ukraine-Russia peace talks in Abu Dhabi

The European Commission and the European Council will send a joint team of senior officials to the round of trilateral peace talks in Abu Dhabi that the United States will host between Ukraine and Russia, Euronews writes.

The negotiations will unfold over two days: 10 and 11 November.

"The EU will be present alongside our partners. Freedom of navigation in the Black Sea must be restored and preserved. I reiterated my support for his (Zelenskyy's) call for a ceasefire covering food and energy infrastructure," Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said after speaking with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

A spokesperson for the European Council also confirmed the participation.

The EU team will be led by Bjoern Seibert, von der Leyen's chief of cabinet, and Anna-Maria Boura, chief foreign policy advisor to European Council President António Costa.

The Ukrainian delegation will be led by Rustem Umerov, head of the Foreign Intelligence Service, together with Kyrylo Budanov and Sergiy Kyslytsya, head and deputy head of the president's office; and Davyd Arakhamia, leader of the ruling party in the Parliament.

The Russian delegation will be headed by Vladimir Medinsky, aide to President Vladimir Putin, and Deputy Foreign Ministers Sergei Ryabkov and Mikhail Galuzin.

The US will be represented by special envoys Steve Witkoff and Kushner.