Ukraine and Russia are due to send delegations to Abu Dhabi on Wednesday for talks mediated by the United States, while European leaders prepare to debate the war in Dublin. The diplomatic push comes as the EU’s formal agenda is set to focus on artificial intelligence.
A European Political Community summit on Thursday, 12 November, will be followed a day later by an informal gathering of EU leaders in Dublin. Although AI is the official focus of the EU meeting, Russia’s war in Ukraine is expected to loom over discussions.
The United States and the EU are mediating the Abu Dhabi talks, but the EU’s absence from the table has been keenly felt. US President Donald Trump approved the sale of 500 Patriot missiles worth $2.1 billion (€1.8 billion) to Ukraine last week. His approach to the talks remains unclear after his Republican Party was routed in last week’s mid-term elections. Vice President J D Vance blamed Trump’s Middle East adventurism in Iran for the result.
EU foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas and the foreign ministers of Germany, France and Italy are expected at a G7 foreign ministers’ meeting in Marseille on Monday and Tuesday. Russia’s war in Ukraine will be the main item on that meeting’s agenda.
European Council President António Costa added a Ukraine debate to the Dublin agenda after receiving a letter from Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni. The stated aim is to help the bloc speak with a united voice on the war.
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