Zelenskyy demands Europe become ‘regular part’ of Ukraine talks

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EU still at odds over who should represent the bloc in any peace negotiations.

DUBLIN — Volodymyr Zelenskyy pressed EU governments to step up participation in Ukraine peace negotiations as he talked with world leaders hours before he’s due to hear about Thursday’s Moscow discussions between Vladimir Putin and U.S. officials.

“When the Americans and the Russians talk about this, it’s not just about security guarantees for Ukraine,” the Ukrainian president told leaders at the start of a summit in Dublin. “It’s more about some kind of new security framework between Europe and Russia.”

While he said it’s “very good that Europeans are now part of these talks,” they don’t speak directly to Russia so “we need to make sure that Europe becomes a regular part of this negotiation.” Two days of peace negotiations between Russia, Ukraine and the U.S. in Abu Dhabi ended on Wednesday without a breakthrough ― and without European officials joining the talks. EU governments continue to disagree over who would represent them. U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, met the Russian leader on Thursday and will dash to Dublin to update Zelenskyy on Thursday evening.

Speaking on his way into the European Political Community summit in the Irish capital ― a gathering of 50 EU and non-EU leaders ― German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said he had received positive signals from the Abu Dhabi talks, but also stressed that Ukraine and Europe must be involved.“I expect the Russian government and the Russian president to finally agree to these joint talks,” Merz said. “We will also discuss who, if necessary, will represent the European Union. But that is a matter we will discuss behind closed doors and not air publicly.”

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas struck a more skeptical tone, saying she had seen no goodwill from Moscow and insisted that a ceasefire must come before discussions on a peace agreement or Europe’s wider security architecture.

“Americans are representing American interests, Europeans are representing European interests,” she said…

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