A telephone conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump is not currently planned, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday.
Peskov also said that the Kremlin will publish in due course the full list of the Russian delegation to the trilateral talks on the Ukraine issue. The talks will focus on security and security guarantee-related issues, and the specific details will be discussed in the closed-door session.
Russia, the United States and Ukraine are to hold trilateral talks on the Ukraine issue in Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates, on Nov. 10-11, Peskov said at a briefing on Tuesday, adding that the Russian delegation will be led by Presidential Aide Vladimir Medinsky.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday that he had a phone call of about one and a half hours with White House special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law, regarding the trilateral talks scheduled for next week.
Zelensky said Ukraine has submitted relevant proposals to the U.S. side and hopes to accelerate the negotiation process and end the conflict as soon as possible. Ukraine also called on the United States to provide more air-defense interceptor missiles.
Telephone conversation between Putin, Trump not currently planned: Kremlin spokesman
The Spanish government has requested technical assistance from the European Union Agency for Railways (ERA) to investigate a collision between two high-speed trains that killed 69 people near Urda, central Spain, on Oct. 28.
The collision occurred when a train operated by Spain's state-owned railway company Renfe struck the rear of a stationary train operated by private rail company Iryo.
European Commissioner for Sustainable Transport and Tourism Apostolos Tzitzikostas confirmed on Wednesday that the Spanish investigation authority had asked the ERA to support the investigation, and the ERA would provide all the technical assistance needed.
Tzitzikostas said the investigation would remain under the direction and the authority of the Spanish investigators, adding that its aim was to establish the facts.
He cautioned that it was still early to draw conclusions about the cause of the accident, stressing that safety was the first priority across all modes of transport.
Also on Wednesday, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced that First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy, Trade and Enterprise Carlos Cuerpo would temporarily take charge of the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility following Transport Minister Oscar Puente's resignation on Tuesday.
Puente said he was stepping down following Spain's second major rail crash this year. The earlier collision, near Adamuz in the southern province of Cordoba on Jan. 18, killed 46 people.
Spain seeks EU help to investigate deadly rail crash
