Live updates: Taoiseach to host informal meeting of EU leaders in Dublin

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European leaders will gather again in Dublin today for an informal meeting of heads of state or government of the EU. The conflict in Ukraine dominated ...

Martin also said Ireland would be prepared to be involved in any security guarantees for Ukraine after the war, though not on in “enforcement” or “deterrent” roles.

“We’re open to ceasefire monitoring, the peacekeeping dimension to it, not the enforcement side of it, or not a deterrent force,” he said.

“But rather on the side of, say you had a ceasefire along the lines of where the current conflict is, Ireland as peacekeepers would be willing to play our role in monitoring that peace and particularly a ceasefire line, or indeed in terms of any other civilian dimension to conflict resolution or to working on peace initiatives.”

European leaders need to resolve the question of who represents the Continent in peace talks between the US, Russia and Ukraine, Taoiseach Micheal Martin has said at the start of today’s meeting of EU leaders in Dublin.

Leaders will discuss AI and Ukraine, and there will be focus on the approach to peace talks on the Ukraine conflict, following the admission by US negotiators that Europe should have a seat at the negotiating table, Political Editor Pat Leahy writes.

“I think this needs to be resolved,” Martin told reporters at the convention centre this morning.

“I would hope that today’s discussions would bring clarity around this. Obviously, this is an informal council, so there’s work to be done between now and the special council in two weeks’ time. But it needs to be, in my view, finally decided upon within the next week or two.”

Martin said the European representation needs to take account not just of the EU, but of the non-EU European countries such as the UK and Norway.

“I think that did emerge yesterday that the substance of any peace agreement is as important as who represents Europe, and Europe needs to be very clear in terms of what would constitute a sustainable peace for the continent well into the future,” he said.

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