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On 27 October, the head of the Polish government, Donald Tusk, announced that trilateral consultations between representatives of Ukraine, the US and Russia, which are to take place in the United Arab Emirates, are provisionally scheduled for 4 November. He provided this information to journalists in Warsaw ahead of a cabinet meeting, immediately after a meeting with the President of Finland, Alexander Stubb.
At the same time, the politician warned against overly optimistic forecasts regarding possible agreements with the Moscow side, advising to view the prospects for negotiations cautiously.
As noted in materials citing sources from The Guardian, the meeting is envisaged in a trilateral format: Ukraine, the US and the Russian Federation. Tusk emphasised that the date of 4 November is a working one and may change.
In addition, the Prime Minister of Poland spoke about consultations conducted regarding the possibility of contacts between European leaders and the Russian leadership ahead of the main negotiations. According to him, both the Ukrainian and American sides were involved in these discussions.
Prior to the phone call with Vladimir Putin, the President of Finland, Alexander Stubb, and the Prime Minister of Norway, Jonas Gahr Støre, held consultations with Donald Tusk. After the conversation with the Russian leader ended, the Finnish president informed his Polish colleague about its results.
Tusk characterised the mood regarding further dialogue as “very restrained optimism”, emphasising the importance of not raising expectations too high.
The Norwegian government officially confirmed the fact of the phone call between Stubb and Gahr Støre with Putin, which took place on 27 October. The leaders of the two countries spoke with the Russian leader from Helsinki. This conversation took place after previous consultations with Ukraine. The focus was on diplomatic efforts to end the war, de-escalation measures and the preparation of future meetings in Abu Dhabi.
The Finnish and Norwegian sides emphasised that they would continue to support Ukraine. At the same time, they made an important clarification: during the contact with the Russian leader, they acted on behalf of their national states, not on behalf of Europe as a whole.
After the conversation with Putin, Alexander Stubb and Jonas Gahr Støre held a phone call with the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy. According to an official statement from the Office of the President of Ukraine, the parties discussed the need to take real measures to de-escalate the situation around Ukraine’s energy and infrastructure systems, as well as the preparation of a trilateral meeting of working teams in November.
The official statement from the Ukrainian side does not specify a particular date for the meeting. Therefore, 4 November should be considered as the preliminary date named by Donald Tusk. It is important to note that this refers specifically to negotiations between representatives of three states, not a confirmed summit at the level of heads of state.
It was previously reported that negotiations between the teams of Ukraine, the US and the Russian Federation were being prepared for November. Volodymyr Zelenskyy then said that after contacts between American representatives and the Russian side, a signal of support for such a format of cooperation had been received.
It is also known that the phone call between Stubb and Gahr Støre with Putin sparked discussion in Europe. The Prime Minister of Denmark, Mette Frederiksen, criticised this step, emphasising the need to coordinate diplomatic initiatives among European partners.
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