BRUSSELS — The European Union will send representatives from the Commission and Council to Ukraine peace talks kicking off on Tuesday in Abu Dhabi, according to two EU officials.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen confirmed in a post on X that the EU would have representatives at the talks between Ukraine, Russia and the U.S., writing that “the EU will be present alongside our partners.”
In addition to the EU representatives — von der Leyen’s chief of staff Bjoern Seibert for the Commission and Anna-Maria Boura, chief foreign policy adviser to Council President António Costa — national security advisers from France, Germany and the U.K. will be present at the talks, according to a German official and two EU diplomats.