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.
TASS has compiled the key statements by the Kremlin aide.
Abu Dhabi talks
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."
Europeans’ presence at trilateral talks
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."
Meeting with US envoys
Putin will meet with US special presidential envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in the morning of November 12: "In the morning."
The meeting will follow standard protocol: "As usual."
Planning for Putin-Trump neeting
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."