Europeans will take part in Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi on Nov. 10–11 under U.S. mediation, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said Sunday, The Straits Times reports.

“The Europeans will be well represented. France will be in Abu Dhabi to take part,” Barrot told RTL radio. He did not yet name France’s envoy but insisted Paris will be there. Until now the rounds were framed as trilateral — Ukraine, Russia and the United States — and the Kremlin had ruled out a European seat at the table.

U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff confirmed Washington is bringing Ukrainian and Russian delegations together to discuss ending the war, post-war security arrangements and de-escalation. President Volodymyr Zelensky had clearly asked for Kyiv’s European allies to be involved.

Barrot said Europeans have told American mediators in recent weeks that no discussion about the continent’s future can ignore Europe’s expectations and demands. No deal with consequences for Europe’s security architecture, he argued, can be “designed, or even discussed” without Europeans.

In the same weekend, U.S. President Donald Trump told CBS’s “60 Minutes” he believes the war will end soon and suggested Ukraine could emerge from a settlement with “a little bit different shape” — widely read as a reference to altered borders. Asked whether Vladimir Putin was stringing him along, Trump said he did not think so.

Kyiv’s side is expected to include foreign intelligence chief Rustem Umerov; Moscow’s to be led by Putin aide Vladimir Medinsky. Whether Europeans will observe, brief on the margins, or negotiate directly remains unclear.

Source: Europeans will join Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi, French foreign minister says — The Straits Times