Lavrov Says Security Will Top the Abu Dhabi Trilateral Talks as Russia Names Its Full Delegation; Peskov Rules Out Rare Earths
MOSCOW — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on November 9 that regional security would be the central subject of the trilateral talks among Russia, Ukraine and the United States to be held in Abu Dhabi on November 10-11. The Kremlin the same day named the full composition of the Russian delegation and made clear that rare earth metals are not on this round's agenda.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on November 9 that rare earth metals would not be discussed at the Abu Dhabi talks, and confirmed that the meeting would follow a trilateral Russia-Ukraine-U.S. format, with Europe not taking part in the formal talks. Russia's delegation will be led by presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky and includes Deputy Foreign Ministers Sergei Ryabkov and Mikhail Galuzin, military intelligence chief Igor Kostyukov and senior General Staff officer Yuri Zhigarlovsky. The members were reported to have met President Putin at a Security Council meeting on Friday.
The round is the first resumption of trilateral negotiations since February and is hosted by the United States. Ukraine's delegation is led by Rustem Umerov, and the U.S. side includes envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. The European Commission and the European Council will separately send a joint team, with Ursula von der Leyen saying the European Union will be present alongside its partners, while Moscow reiterated that Europeans are not part of the trilateral talks.
(Source: The Kremlin)
Source: The Kremlin
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