Putin agrees in principle to resuming trilateral peace talks between Russia, the US, and Ukraine, with Abu Dhabi possibly chosen as the venue.

October 21, according to Reuters and Axios reports, the Kremlin stated that Russian President Putin told US special envoy Witkoff on Wednesday that he "agrees in principle" to resume trilateral peace talks between Russia, Ukraine, and the United States around November 10 to end the Russia-Ukraine conflict, with the location possibly in Abu Dhabi. Witkoff held a three-hour meeting with Putin in St. Petersburg that day, submitting to him the latest plan to end the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Trump special envoy Kushner participated in the meeting via video.

Witkoff told Putin that the Oslo talks had made progress, hoping both sides would consider resuming the Russia-US-Ukraine trilateral negotiations and allow technical experts to participate in discussions on specific issues. He also submitted multiple documents to Putin regarding a peaceful resolution to the Russia-Ukraine conflict. In addition, Putin proposed to Witkoff that he hoped to discuss the possibility of Russia playing a mediating role between the United States and Iran. Putin stated that Russia has established decades of special trust relations with Iran and is willing to help resolve the current crisis.