OREANDA-NEWS  European diplomats intend to disrupt the discussion of a new European security architecture at the upcoming talks between Russia, Ukraine and the United States in Abu Dhabi. This is reported by the Financial Times (FT) newspaper.

According to the publication, the national security advisers of France, Germany and Britain, as well as the heads of the offices of the President of the European Commission and the Secretary General of NATO, will take part in certain segments of the negotiations in the UAE. The presence of European diplomats in Abu Dhabi is said to be aimed at "disrupting Russia's attempts to use the US-led negotiations to review Europe's security architecture."

"European governments insist that any discussions on European security issues unrelated to Ukraine should take place only after the conclusion of peace talks with Kiev, and not simultaneously with them," the publication says.

Earlier, Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin, commented on the possible presence of representatives of the Eurotroika at the talks in Abu Dhabi. According to him, the upcoming contacts between Russia, Ukraine and the United States are planned without the participation of Europeans.