Europe Will Be Represented by a Team of Leaders From EU and Five Major Powers in Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks
National security advisers from the EU and five major powers will join the next round of peace talks, officials said.
- On Friday, European Council President António Costa announced the "European negotiation team for peace in Ukraine," comprising European Union institutions and five major powers: Germany, France, Italy, and Poland.
- Following meetings in Dublin on November 12 and 13, leaders finalized the decision after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged Europe to appoint representatives for renewed US-led peace talks.
- According to a senior official cited by Bloomberg, 13 advisers from the European Union, Germany, France, Italy, and Poland will represent Europe in upcoming Russia-Ukraine talks.
- US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner announced after meeting Russian leader Vladimir Putin on November 12 that European representatives would participate alongside Ukraine, the US, and Russia.
- Nearly five years into the full-scale war, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy noted that Russia has become more open to European participation in the peace negotiations.
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The leaders of the European Union agreed at today's meeting in Dublin that Germany, France, Great Britain, Italy and Poland, at the level of national security advisers, as well as representatives of the European Commission and the European Council, will represent the Union in all future peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine.
For a long time it was discussed who should represent Europe in talks with Russia about an end to the war against Ukraine. Now there is an agreement: The team are representatives of the EU institutions and from five countries - including Germany.
The EU has appointed representatives of Europe to participate in the upcoming negotiations to end the war in Ukraine. EU advisers and five leading powers will represent Europe at the technical level of the <p>Russia-Ukraine talks. Leaders for High-level meetings have not yet been determined</p>.
The leaders of European powers have agreed on exactly how they will represent the continent during negotiations to end the war in Ukraine, Reuters has learned.
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