Next round of Ukraine settlement talks due in Geneva on Feb 17-18 - Peskov

MOSCOW. Feb 13 (Interfax) - The next round of Russian-U.S.-Ukrainian talks will take place in Geneva, and presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky will head the Russian delegation, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

"The next round of Ukrainian settlement talks will also be held in the trilateral Russian-U.S.-Ukrainian format in Geneva on February 17-18," Peskov said.

"This time the Russian delegation will be led by Russian presidential aide Medinsky," he said.

The previous round of security consultations involving Russia, the United States and Ukraine took place in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates, on February 4-5. Head of the Russian General Staff's Main Intelligence Directorate Igor Kostyukov was in charge of the Russian delegation.