Representatives from the EU, Nato, and several European powers met US and Ukrainian teams in Abu Dhabi ahead of talks between Moscow and Kyiv being mediated by Washington. (AFP pic)BRUSSELS: US and European negotiators on Tuesday expressed their "shared commitment to a strong post-war European security architecture" and insisted Ukraine's territorial integrity must be respected on the sidelines of talks to halt Russia's war.

Representatives from the EU, Nato, and several European powers met US and Ukrainian teams in Abu Dhabi ahead of talks between Moscow and Kyiv being mediated by Washington.

Europe, which has been rattled by proposals from US negotiators that a peace deal could include rewriting Europe's broader security arrangements, has pushed for a greater say in US President Donald Trump's efforts to end the fighting in Ukraine.