Russian media quoted an anonymous negotiator as saying that the members of the Russian delegation attending the tripartite talks in Abu Dhabi included, in addition to representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the General Staff, senior officials of the Federal Security Service. Officials from the Federal Security Service included Alexey Komkov, director of the Agency's Department of Operational Information and International Relations, and Dmitry Minayev, the first deputy director and head of counterintelligence operations. The two were not on the original list of participants.

Russian media quoted an anonymous negotiator as saying that the members of the Russian delegation attending the tripartite talks in Abu Dhabi included, in addition to representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the General Staff, senior officials of the Federal Security Service. Officials from the Federal Security Service included Alexey Komkov, director of the Agency's Department of Operational Information and International Relations, and Dmitry Minayev, the first deputy director and head of counterintelligence operations. The two were not on the original list of participants.