Europe Selects Negotiating Team for Ukraine Talks
The bloc will send EU institutions plus five member states, while leaders say the arrangement keeps Europe united in talks with Russia and Ukraine.
- On Friday in Dublin, European Union leaders agreed that the bloc's representation in peace negotiations with Russia will consist of EU institutions and a coalition including France, Germany, Italy, Poland, and the United Kingdom.
- European Council President Antonio Costa rejected appointing a single envoy, emphasizing the need to "work as a team," while Foreign Affairs representative Kaja Kallas had previously suggested she should be the sole voice at negotiations.
- Under the agreed arrangement, the European Union will lead on Ukraine's "European future, its reconstruction, and prosperity," while security guarantees must be addressed within the framework of the coalition of the willing, in close coordination with Nato.
- European Commission President Ursula defended the decision, stating: "To be very clear, we decide on who represents us, and thats what weve done today." Leaders seek unified representation.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky attended the Dublin summit earlier this week to discuss support for Ukraine, as the European Union aims to present a united voice regarding all diplomatic efforts aimed at bringing Russia to the negotiating table.
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Representatives on behalf of the EU and the so-called E5 (United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and Poland) will be delegated to represent Europe in future peace negotiations in Ukraine. EU leaders agreed on this on Friday at an informal summit in Dublin, EU President António Costa announced at a press conference.
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EU leaders hand Ukraine peace talks to France, Germany, UK, Italy, Poland plus Brussels – instead of a single envoy
EU leaders agreed at their informal summit in Dublin on Friday that Europe will be represented in Ukraine peace talks by the EU institutions together with France, Germany, the UK, Italy and Poland, rather than a single envoy. “Today, the leaders agreed that our European team for the negotiations on peace in Ukraine is the European Union institutions and the E5 of the ‘Coalition of the Willing’,” European Council president António Costa told repo…
The President of the European Council, António Costa, reported on the agreement of the European Union delegation to the expert talks on Ukraine; Kosta stated that the EU delegation to the negotiations on Ukraine would include representatives of the institutions of the European Union and the countries of the so-called coalition of the willing; he referred to TASS. He added the support of European leaders for the negotiations. According to the WZG…
The President of the European Council along with the President of the European Commission plus the leaders of Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Italy and Poland will sit at the highest level negotiating table with Russia, while the High Representative of the EU Foreign Affairs, Kaja Kallas, remains outside Putin regains his aspirations in Eastern Europe with the blessing of the US in the new round of negotiations It seemed that the European s…
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