Lavrov Says US Negotiators to Brief Putin After Abu Dhabi Talks

Dragon Media News Desk

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said US negotiators would travel to Moscow to brief President Vladimir Putin following the trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi. Putin would decide on the next steps after hearing from the US negotiators and receiving a report from the Russian delegation, Lavrov said.

In an interview broadcast on November 11 on the programme Moscow. Kremlin. Putin, Lavrov described the trilateral format in Abu Dhabi as the most appropriate for the talks. He said reactions from all sides had been generally positive.

Commenting on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Lavrov said he preferred to leave him out of the discussion, accusing him of “always playing his own games.” The negotiators, however, appeared ready to engage in substantive discussions, Lavrov said. He added that Russian delegation head Vladimir Medinsky would report on the talks after returning to Moscow.

Asked about the US negotiators’ planned visit, Lavrov said they were coming to brief Putin. The Russian president would also receive a report from Medinsky’s delegation, as he regularly did, Lavrov said.

Russia’s next steps would be directed towards achieving the objectives of what Moscow calls its “special military operation” in Ukraine, Lavrov said. He added that Putin had set out those objectives in June 2024 and that they had not changed.

Lavrov did not confirm reports referenced in the question about a possible meeting between Putin and US President Donald Trump in China.