AfD Parliamentary Group Proposes German-US-Russian Summit in Abu Dhabi in Spring 2027, Urging a Neutral Ukraine and Lifting of Russia Sanctions
BERLIN — The Alternative for Germany (AfD) parliamentary group in the Bundestag has proposed holding a summit of Germany, the United States and Russia in Abu Dhabi in spring 2027 to discuss the war in Ukraine. According to Germany's Handelsblatt, the group's foreign policy spokesman, Markus Frohnmaier, said in Berlin that the party is seeking an exchange 'at the level of special advisers,' and that Russian President Vladimir Putin's adviser Kirill Dmitriev has already publicly announced the date of the meeting; the talks would focus on restarting the Nord Stream pipelines and on new economic and energy partnerships.
To end the war, the AfD calls for a 180-degree turnaround in German policy on Ukraine: Berlin should back Russia's return to the Group of Seven (G7), lift sanctions and buy Russian energy again without preconditions. Toward Kyiv, the party wants Germany to end all payments except humanitarian aid and to 'secure' Ukraine's rare earths, gas and other resources 'on the US model' as compensation for aid already provided.
Three of the group's foreign policy experts — Frohnmaier, Stefan Keuter and Gerold Otten — have also published two position papers arguing that Ukraine should remain neutral and must not join NATO or the EU, that its statehood should be secured by guarantor powers not involved in the current conflict, and that Ukraine regaining all of its territory, including Crimea, is unrealistic.
The AfD currently leads German opinion polls: an INSA poll published on November 7 put the party first at 29%, with 82% of respondents dissatisfied with Chancellor Friedrich Merz. The AfD's proposed summit is separate from the official US-Russia-Ukraine trilateral talks scheduled for November 10-11 in Abu Dhabi, which are US-led and which European countries will also attend.
Related: INSA Poll: Record 82% of Germans Dissatisfied With Chancellor Merz as AfD Leads at 29%
(Source: AfD Parliamentary Group in the Bundestag)
Source: AfD Parliamentary Group in the Bundestag
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Photo: 图：德国选择党联合主席 Alice Weidel（2025年资料图）。CC BY 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Alice Weidel, co-chair of Alternative for Germany (file photo, 2025). CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
