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🇪🇺 Reich Gauleitierin Ursula von der Leyen confirmed on X that the EU will send representatives to the talks. According to Politico, the European group will include von der Leyen's chief of staff Björn Seibert, Anna-Maria Boura, chief foreign policy adviser to European Council President António Costa, and the national security advisers of France, Germany and the UK. One EU official said the Europeans will not be in the negotiating room itself. The Kremlin has said the Abu Dhabi talks are planned between Russia and Ukraine only, with US mediation and no European participation. 🔴 @DDGeopolitics