Zelenskyy has arrived in Ireland: meeting with Witkoff and Kushner is scheduled
On 11 November, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy began a visit to Ireland and arrived in Dublin to take part in the 9th Summit of the European Political Community. Meetings with around 20 leaders and talks with the US negotiating team are scheduled.
He announced this on social media, according to Censor.NET.
Programme of the visit
According to the President, bilateral and multilateral meetings with partners – involving a total of around 20 leaders – are scheduled for today and tomorrow.
Zelenskyy will take part in the inaugural plenary session of the EaP summit.
A meeting with the American team
A meeting on diplomatic matters is also planned with the US negotiating team — Special Envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. The President did not specify the date or time of the meeting.
"We are working to bring peace closer. Thank you to everyone who is helping and supporting Ukraine", he added.
Trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi
- On 10 November, talks between the Ukrainian and Russian delegations, mediated by the US, took place in the UAE. This is the first such meeting since February 2026.
- Ahead of its meeting with Russia, Ukraine held talks with representatives from the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, NATO and the European Commission, which were also joined by US Special Envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.
- The Ukrainian delegation, led by Rustem Umerov, Head of the Foreign Intelligence Service, comprises Kyrylo Budanov, Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine; Davyd Arakhamia, Chair of the Servant of the People parliamentary group; Serhii Kyslytsia, First Deputy Head of the Office of the President; and Vadym Skibitskyi, Deputy Head of the Defence Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence.
- The Russian delegation is led by Vladimir Medinsky, an aide to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin. Also taking part in the meeting in Abu Dhabi on behalf of the Russian Federation will be Igor Kostyukov and Yuri Zhigalovsky, representatives of two departments of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, and Sergei Ryabkov and Mikhail Galuzin, deputy foreign ministers of the Russian Federation.
- Meanwhile, NATO is represented in Abu Dhabi by Chief of Staff Jeffrey van Leuven, who is the chief strategic adviser to the Alliance’s Secretary-General, Mark Rutte.
- The second day of talks, 11 November, lasted just under two hours.
- US Special Representative Jared Kushner announced that he would meet with Putin on 12 November, followed by a meeting with Zelenskyy.
