France will join Abu Dhabi Ukraine talks, foreign minister says
Jean-Noël Barrot says Europeans will be represented at the US-mediated meeting, planned for 10 and 11 November.
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French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot told RTL on 8 November that Europeans would be well represented at the discussions and that France would take part. He said he could not yet say who would represent France.
US envoy Steve Witkoff has said Washington will bring Ukrainian and Russian delegations together for the planned talks in Abu Dhabi on 10 and 11 November, Reuters reported. The discussions are intended to address ending the war, post-war security arrangements and de-escalation.
Barrot said Europeans had told the American mediator in recent weeks that discussions about the continent’s future must take account of their expectations and demands. The precise form of European participation, including whether there is a formal EU mandate, remains unclear.
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