Europe taps national security advisers to represent the continent in Russia-Ukraine peace talks
National security advisers from the European Union, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, and Poland will represent Europe in upcoming talks on ending the Russia-Ukraine war, Bloomberg reported.
European leaders made the decision after a summit in Dublin on November 12 and 13.
European Council President António Costa and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk confirmed the makeup of the European delegation.
“Our principles and our positions in these negotiations remain well known.
“And our European team will continue to act in full unity and in close coordination with all member states,” Costa wrote on X.
A senior European official told Bloomberg that the advisers would take part in the upcoming talks at the technical level. Europe has yet to appoint representatives for negotiations at the highest level.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had previously urged European leaders to appoint representatives to take part in U.S.-mediated talks between Russia and Ukraine.
After talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff said the three-way peace talks between the United States, Russia, and Ukraine would be expanded to include Europe. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Moscow had no objection to European participation. Russia’s Foreign Ministry, however, said the subject had not come up at all during Putin’s meeting with the Americans. Peskov said “a concrete decision on broadening the talks” could be made once the Kremlin “understands [the Europeans’] true intentions and willingness to help advance the peace process.”
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