EU Ministers Reject Putin's Idea of Role for Schroeder in Future ...
EU ministers said Russia cannot pick a negotiator for Europe as they questioned Moscow’s readiness for peace talks.
- On Monday, European governments rejected a suggestion from Russian President Vladimir Putin that former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder represent them in future security talks with Moscow.
- Putin stated on Saturday that the war in Ukraine was nearing an end, proposing new European security arrangements with Schroeder as his preferred negotiating partner.
- EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas told reporters, "If we give the right to Russia to appoint a negotiator on our behalf... That would not be very wise." She emphasized Schroeder would be "sitting on both sides of the table."
- Germany's Europe minister, Gunther Krichbaum, said Schroeder lacked credentials to be an "honest broker," while EU ministers voiced skepticism that Russia was ready to negotiate sincerely on peace.
- European Council President Antonio Costa said last week he is coordinating with EU leaders "to organise ourselves and to identify what we need" to talk to Russia when "the right moment" comes.
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On the 9th, Russian President Vladimir Putin publicly named former German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder (82) as the European mediator for the end of the war in Ukraine, but Europe reacted in unison, calling him “Putin’s puppet.” It is said that Schröder, who was once regarded as a pragmatic left-wing leader who led labor reforms in Germany, has been branded as a “pro-Russian figure” in European politics in his later years.
Europe has not yet responded to Putin's proposal that Gerhard Schröder mediate in the Ukrainian peace talks.
Putin "maybe" will talk to Europe, and Europe "maybe" will talk to Putin - one day. But Putin's proposal for a negotiator made the EU's foreign ministers fall behind on Monday, writes EU correspondent Karin Axelsson in this news analysis.
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