Secretary Rubio Says Progress May Be Possible at Abu Dhabi Trilateral Talks on November 8: Kushner and Witkoff to Attend the November 10–11 Meeting
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters on November 8, before flying to Paris for the Group of Seven foreign ministers' meeting, that the U.S. administration expects some progress at the upcoming trilateral talks on Ukraine. "Maybe some progress can be made in Abu Dhabi," Rubio said, adding that special envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff will be there.
The U.S.-mediated trilateral meeting is scheduled for November 10–11 in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, with delegations from the United States, Russia and Ukraine. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has announced that presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky will lead the Russian delegation. The Kremlin said President Vladimir Putin told Witkoff at a meeting that Moscow is ready to revive the trilateral talks to resolve the Ukraine conflict.
The State Department announced on November 6 that Rubio will travel to Paris, France, from November 8 to 10 to attend the G7 Foreign Ministers Meeting, where he will advance American interests in engagements with his G7 counterparts. Rubio made the Abu Dhabi remarks before departing on that trip.
Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on November 6 that Kyiv's priorities for the Abu Dhabi talks are security guarantees, de-escalation in the Black Sea, an energy ceasefire, the return of Ukrainian children and prisoner exchanges. The previous round of U.S.-mediated trilateral talks took place in Geneva, Switzerland, in February and ended without a major breakthrough.
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Source: U.S. Department of State
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Photo: 图：美国国务卿鲁比奥。Eneas De Troya 摄，CC BY 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Photo by Eneas De Troya, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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