Top European forces start meetings in Paris to search for the Ukraine
Top European forces start meetings in Paris to search for the Ukraine
European leaders gather in France for a Trump administration has announced that they are talking about an end to the conflict without European participation. This decision has concern in Kiev and all over Europe triggered that Ukrainian and European leaders could be excluded from the peace negotiations.
Important statements by European leaders
The British Prime Minister Kier Straers described the meeting in Paris as a "unique in a generation" event for national security. In the past few days, US President Donald Trump and his
The attitude towards Trump's attitude towards Russian President Vladimir Putin and comments from US officials about Ukraine and NATO triggered fears in Europe that Washington's vision of a rapid end of the war could enable decisive concessions to Russia. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the special representative for the Middle East Steve Witkoff and National Security Advisor Mike Waltz are on the way to Saudi-Arabia for the preliminary conversations about Ukraine, which should begin on Tuesday. A Saudi civil servant said CNN that the kingdom would take on a broker role. The Ukrainians stated that they did not want to take part in the conversations. Keith Kellogg, the Russia Ukraine representative of the Trump administration, spoke of a "double negotiation approach" and will be in Kiev this week. On Sunday, Trump said that the Ukrainians would be part of the negotiations. The Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj said in an interview with NBC News' Meet the Press that he would "never accept decisions between the United States and Russia about Ukraine". In addition to Starmer, leaders from Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, the Netherlands and Denmark as well as the President of the European Council, the President of the European Commission and NATO general secretary will take part in the "informal meeting" organized by President Emmanuel Macron, according to the Élysée-Palast. in the Daily Telegraph, Straiter wrote that he was "ready and willing" to station British troops in Ukraine in order to enforce a peace agreement if necessary. The diplomatic efforts of Europe follow Trump's “longer” phone call with Putin last week, after which he announced that negotiations to terminate the Ukraine secretary would begin immediately. The Ukrainian envoy Kellogg then explained that "Europe would not have a place" at the negotiating table. fears about Washington's negotiating strategy
Ukrainian reaction to the conversations
participation of European leaders at the summit
military presence in Ukraine?
Macron's point of view on the negotiations
The discussions with Russia were the first steps in a process to clarify whether Russia was seriously interested in an end to the war in Ukraine. He indicated that both Ukraine and Europe are involved in the negotiations if the talks develop in the right direction. His comments followed a conversation with the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, whose goal was to set up an open communication channel.
on Sunday Macron said that during a phone call with the Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman Russia's war in Ukraine and emphasized that Europe should be the focus of peace promotion in Ukraine.
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