{"id":7194,"date":"2026-02-15T06:54:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T06:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/7194\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T06:54:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T06:54:01","slug":"kremlin-says-geneva-ukraine-talks-to-remain-trilateral-without-europe-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/7194\/","title":{"rendered":"Kremlin says Geneva Ukraine talks to remain trilateral without Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"

MOSCOW \u2014 The Kremlin said Friday that the upcoming round of Russia-Ukraine peace talks in Geneva will be held strictly in a trilateral format involving Russia, the United States and Ukraine, with no European participation.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, it’s only a trilateral format, meaning Russia, America, and Ukraine. There won’t be any Europeans there,\u201d Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, dismissing the possibility of the European Union or international organizations taking part.<\/p>\n

The talks are scheduled for Feb. 17\u201318 in Geneva and are part of a mediation effort facilitated by Washington. Peskov said Russia\u2019s delegation will be led by presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, Peskov confirmed that an agreement had been reached to hold the next round of negotiations \u201cnext week,\u201d without providing further details.<\/p>\n

Russia and Ukraine previously held two rounds of US-mediated talks in Abu Dhabi in January and earlier this month. Those discussions resulted in the first prisoner exchange between the two sides in five months.<\/p>\n

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told Bloomberg News that the next round would take place on Feb. 17\u201318 in Geneva.<\/p>\n

His communications adviser, Dmytro Lytvyn, later confirmed the date and location to Ukrainian media, including state news agency Ukrinform.<\/p>\n

In a statement on Facebook, Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council Secretary Rustem Umerov said Kyiv\u2019s delegation had begun preparations.<\/p>\n

The team will include Umerov, presidential office head Kyrylo Budanov and Chief of the General Staff Andrii Hnatov.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe goal remains unchanged \u2013 a sustainable and lasting peace. We are preparing for serious and responsible work,\u201d Umerov said, adding that the delegation was formed with military, political and security considerations in mind.<\/p>\n

Russia-US economic proposals<\/p>\n

Separately, Peskov commented on a Bloomberg News report that Moscow had proposed expanded economic cooperation with Washington, saying that while companies in both countries are interested, meaningful progress is unlikely before a resolution of the Ukraine conflict.<\/p>\n

The report cited a Russian memo outlining proposals for broad economic partnership, including potential joint investments in natural gas and critical raw materials, and discussions about Russia\u2019s return to the dollar settlement system.<\/p>\n

Peskov said Russia had not abandoned the dollar. \u201cIt\u2019s the issuing country, the US, that has restricted the use of the dollar by a number of countries,\u201d he said, adding that the dollar would face competition from alternative currencies.<\/p>\n

On Gaza, Peskov said Russia has yet to determine its position regarding US President Donald Trump\u2019s Board of Peace initiative. Representatives of 19 countries signed the charter of the Board of Peace on Jan. 22 on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos. Its first leaders-level meeting is scheduled for Feb. 19 in Washington, DC.<\/p>\n

Peskov had earlier ruled out Moscow\u2019s participation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MOSCOW \u2014 The Kremlin said Friday that the upcoming round of Russia-Ukraine peace talks in Geneva will be…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6398,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7],"tags":[4011,65,5284,5283,5285,4072,5286,4327,4073,4133],"class_list":["post-7194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-geneva","tag-dmitry-peskov","tag-geneva","tag-geneva-peace-talks","tag-russia-ukraine-talks","tag-russia-us-relations","tag-rustem-umerov","tag-ukraine-war-negotiations","tag-us-mediation","tag-vladimir-medinsky","tag-volodymyr-zelenskyy"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7194\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}