BRATISLAVA, November 10. /TASS/. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has proposed that European Commission Vice-President Maros Sefcovic serve as the European Union's representative in talks on a settlement of the Ukraine conflict.

"I think we have a person who can handle this task. His name is Maros Sefcovic. We are proposing a person who has demonstrated his great abilities while working at the European Commission in negotiations with China and other countries," Fico said at a joint press conference with Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis following Slovak-Czech intergovernmental consultations in Bratislava. A video of his remarks was posted on the Facebook page of Fico's Direction - Social Democracy party (banned in Russia; owned by Meta, which is designated as extremist in Russia).

Fico noted that Sefcovic is a graduate of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) and has a thorough understanding of the issues involved in settling the conflict in Ukraine.

On November 6, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia had received no proposals from European countries on security guarantees for all parties to the conflict in Ukraine. He was commenting on reports of EU-US consultations on the issue.

Ahead of the meeting in Abu Dhabi, Peskov also declined to comment on US Special Envoy Jared Kushner's proposal to use the Russia-NATO Council as a basis for discussions on the European security architecture.

Commenting on European participation in the talks, Peskov noted that European countries maintained their own channels of communication with the United States and Ukraine. However, he stressed that the Abu Dhabi negotiations are planned as trilateral talks involving Russia, the United States and Ukraine.