European leaders start meetings in Paris despite Trump's Ukraine talks
European leaders start meetings in Paris despite Trump's Ukraine talks
The European leaders gather in France for a Emergency peaks The Trump administration has announced that they have talks with Russia about an end to the conflict without European participation. This has triggered concern in many European capitals.
important voices for national security
The British Prime Minister Kier Straers described the meeting in Paris as a "moment that it only has once per generation" when it comes to national security. The announcement from Washington has in triggered throughout Europe concern that the Ukrainian and European leaders could be excluded from the peace negotiations.
changed dynamics between the USA and Europe
In the past few days, US President Donald Trump and his Officials The previously uniform front between Washington and its European NATO allies broke open to support Ukraine against the Russian invasion, which is approaching their third anniversary. Trump's attitude towards Russian President Vladimir Putin and Comments by US officials have triggered concerns in Europe that Washington's vision could allow significant concessions to Russia for a quick end to the war.
preliminary talks in Saudi Arabia
US Foreign Minister Marco Rubio, the Middle East Sonderstanded Steve Witkoff and the national security consultant Mike Waltz Reisen to preliminary Ukraine talks to Saudi-Arabia , which should start on Tuesday. A Saudi official explained CNN that the kingdom would take on a role. However, Ukraine has explained that it would not participate in the conversations.
Ukraine remains skeptical
The Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selensky said in an interview with NBC News that "he would never accept any decision between the United States and Russia about Ukraine". At the same time, Keith Kellogg, the Russia-Ukraine-Sonderstandte of the Trump administration, said that a “Dual Track” approach in Kiev should be discussed this week.
participant of the summit
In addition to Starmer, the leaders of Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, the Netherlands and Denmark as well as the President of the European Council, the President of the European Commission and the Secretary General of NATO are also expected. Host, French President Emmanuel Macron, described the meeting as a "informal meeting", as the Élysée Palace announced.commitment of the British troops
In a contribution for the Daily Telegraph, Strander said that he was "ready and willing" to station British troops in Ukraine in order to enforce a peace agreement.
Trump and the conversations with Russia
The European diplomatic efforts follow a "longer" phone call between Trump and Putin last week, after Trump announced that negotiations to terminate the Ukraine War would "immediately" begin. Kellogg then explained that would have no place at the negotiation table.
In the meantime, Rubio described the discussions with Russia as the first steps in a process to determine whether Russia is seriously interested in ending the war in Ukraine. He pointed out that both Ukraine and Europe are included in the negotiations when the talks run in the right direction. Macron's statements about the events in Ukraine underlined that Europe should be at the center of peace promotion.
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