NATO is sending its representative to UAE: van Leuven is travelling there for trilateral talks
Jeffrey van Leuven, Chief of Staff and Director of the Office of the Secretary General of NATO, will take part in the trilateral talks between Ukraine, the US and the Russian Federation, which will take place on 10–11 November in Abu Dhabi.
A NATO official has reported this, according to Censor.NET, citing Ukrinform.
Who will represent NATO?
"NATO will be represented in Abu Dhabi by the Secretary-General’s Chief of Staff, Jeffrey van Leuven," said the agency’s source.
What led up to it?
As reported, Rustem Umerov, a member of the Ukrainian negotiating team, stated that the Ukrainian negotiating delegation was on its way to the venue of the planned meetings in Abu Dhabi, where a trilateral meeting is due to take place involving representatives from Ukraine, the US and Russia.
The meeting is scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday. According to Umerov, representatives from European countries – in particular the E4 group (the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Italy) – as well as NATO and the European Commission will be in Abu Dhabi on those days.
