Kremlin has not yet agreed to European role in Ukraine talks
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on La Presse de Tunisie
Spokesman Dmitri Peskov says Moscow has not yet decided to involve Europeans in the negotiations, despite Volodymyr Zelensky’s announcement. The German government, for its part, has announced a summit of the Coalition of the Willing on 19 November, according to La Presse de Tunisie.
The Kremlin has not yet agreed to European participation in the next negotiations aimed at ending the war in Ukraine, spokesman for the Russian presidency Dmitri Peskov said on Friday. Moscow first wants to determine the Europeans' intentions and their willingness to contribute to the peace process, according to Dmitri Peskov.
The Russian official said Moscow could accept an expanded format if Europe names a representative with a mandate to negotiate. For its part, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas rejected the idea that Russia could decide who represents Europeans in the discussions, saying in Dublin that this choice belonged to Europe.
The German government has announced a summit of the Coalition of the Willing, which brings together Ukraine’s European allies, on 19 November to review the diplomatic efforts under way to end the conflict.
This Russian position follows the announced participation of Europeans in the next Ukraine-Russia negotiations, announced on 12 November. It also comes after Kyiv’s negotiations with Washington and Moscow in Abu Dhabi, planned as part of the discussions under way around the war in Ukraine.
