BRUSSELS, November 9. /TASS/. The countries making up the European trio, i.e. the United Kingdom, France and Germany, plan to participate in trilateral talks on the settlement of the conflict in Ukraine, the European edition of Politico reported, citing sources.

According to the publication, the European trio will be represented by national security advisers. An unnamed German official said that the meeting in Abu Dhabi would be an initial gathering, to be followed by another meeting, and that the final format would be determined as the talks move forward. He specifically stressed that the advisers would most likely not take part in the negotiations directly but would only be present in the vicinity.

Trilateral talks between Russia, the United States and Ukraine on a settlement of the conflict are due to take place on November 10-11 in Abu Dhabi. The Russian delegation will be led by Russian presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky. Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov earlier said that the talks would cover mutual security guarantees for Russia and Ukraine. He also said that European representatives could not participate in the talks in Abu Dhabi because a trilateral format had been agreed from the very beginning.