US President's special envoy Steven Witkoff announced that negotiations between Russia and Ukraine will be held in the United Arab Emirates with Washington's mediation. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Sputnik Kazakhstan.
"The United States will mediate working-level negotiations between Ukraine and Russia on November 10-11 in Abu Dhabi," Witkoff wrote on the social media platform X.
According to the special envoy, ahead of the meeting, American negotiators will discuss in Brussels with representatives of France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the European Union and NATO the security guarantees provided to Ukraine and the main directions of the future security architecture.
Last week, a meeting was held in Oslo with the participation of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Finnish President Alexander Stubb, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and Steven Witkoff.
The next day, the American negotiator traveled to St. Petersburg and presented documents containing proposals for resolving the conflict in Ukraine to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The Russian leader indicated that Moscow is ready to resume consultations in a trilateral format with the participation of Washington and Kyiv.
According to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, at the planned meeting in Abu Dhabi the parties will discuss security guarantees for Russia and Ukraine.
Reuters reports that Steven Witkoff and Jared Kushner are expected to participate in the talks on behalf of the United States.
"On behalf of the US, Steven Witkoff and Jared Kushner are planned to participate in Abu Dhabi," the publication writes.