TREE NEWS update: Russia said the talks scheduled for November 10-11 in Abu Dhabi will be trilateral only, involving the United States, Russia and Ukraine, rejecting France’s claim that Europe would take part. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on November 9 that the meeting is being held under US mediation and that European countries have channels to communicate with Washington and Kyiv. French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot had said on November 8 that Europe would attend.
Russia Denies Europe Will Join US-Russia-Ukraine Talks in Abu Dhabi
AI take
The public contradiction over who will actually sit at the table is the real signal here: Moscow is framing the format as US-mediated and trilateral, while Paris is asserting a European seat that the Kremlin says does not exist. That gap matters less for the talks themselves than for what it reveals about Europe's standing in a process being run through Washington and Kyiv. Whether Europe gains a formal role, or is left to work through the channels Peskov describes, is the open question to watch.
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