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National security advisers from Germany, France and the UK will take part in Ukraine peace talks this week in Abu Dhabi, a German government spokesman said on Monday, according to Anadolu Agency.
“It is important for us that we are part of this process,” Deputy Government Spokesman Steffen Meyer said at a news conference in Berlin. He said Germany wanted to represent both Ukrainian interests and European security interests.
Asked whether the advisers from the three European countries would join the main negotiating table or hold separate talks with the Ukrainian side, Meyer declined to provide details.
“Such talks, especially when they are scheduled over several days, always have a certain dynamic. So I will not say anything here now about the lineup, seating arrangements or other details,” he said.
“We have substantive interests in these talks, and we will pursue them on the ground. We are closely involved and are part of this process,” Meyer added.
Moscow has long maintained that US-mediated negotiations should remain strictly trilateral, involving only Russia, Ukraine and the United States, with no direct role for European powers at the negotiating table.
The Abu Dhabi talks, scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday, will be the fourth round of US-mediated negotiations between Russia and Ukraine under the Trump administration and the first since meetings in Geneva in February.
