Putin-Trump meeting, European officials’ presence in Abu Dhabi: Kremlin aide’s statements

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Yury Ushakov has said that a bilateral meeting between the Russian and US presidents at the APEC summit is being planned

MOSCOW, November 11. /TASS/. A bilateral meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump at the APEC summit is being planned, Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov told reporters.

He noted that European officials in Abu Dhabi were working behind the scenes with the Ukrainian and US sides.

The talks held in Abu Dhabi between Russia, the US, and Ukraine were substantive and productive: "By all accounts, the talks were, first, substantive and, second, quite productive."

The Russian leadership has not yet received a detailed report from the delegation on the results of the talks: "We have not yet received a report from the delegation."

The Europeans in Abu Dhabi worked behind the scenes with the Ukrainian and American sides: "The Europeans worked behind the scenes; they worked with the Ukrainians and the Americans."

Putin will meet with US special presidential envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in the morning of November 12: "In the morning."

A bilateral meeting between Putin and Trump at the APEC summit is being planned: "The issue of holding this meeting is being worked out through the appropriate channels."

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