Ukraine's negotiating team has arrived in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), to participate in upcoming trilateral talks with representatives of Russia and the United States, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday.
In a social media post, Zelensky said that the Ukrainian delegation will hold separate meetings with European partners.
"All of them must serve one purpose: bringing real peace closer," he said.
According to Ukrainian sources on Monday, the Ukrainian delegation includes Rustem Umerov, head of the Foreign Intelligence Service; Kyrylo Budanov, head of the presidential office; Sergiy Kyslytsya, first deputy head of the presidential office; Vadym Skibitsky, deputy chief of Defense Intelligence; and David Arakhamia, who leads the Servant of the People faction in parliament.
The Russian delegation will again be led by presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky, with its members including Deputy Foreign Ministers Sergei Ryabkov, Mikhail Galuzin, Igor Kostyukov, head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, and others, sources said.
Sources also said that U.S. presidential special envoy Steve Witkoff and U.S. President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner will also take part.
The trilateral negotiations are scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday in Abu Dhabi, the first face-to-face trilateral meeting since negotiations stalled in February.
Ukraine's delegation arrives in Abu Dhabi for trilateral talks with Russia, US: Zelensky
