Ukraine dominates agenda as Europe’s leaders attend EPC summit in Dublin

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The war in Ukraine dominated the meeting of the European Political Community (EPC) in Dublin on Thursday, where European leaders repeatedly demanded they should have a place at…

The war in Ukraine dominated the meeting of the European Political Community (EPC) in Dublin on Thursday, where European leaders repeatedly demanded they should have a place at any peace talks to ensure the Continent’s interests were protected.

Late on Thursday night, US negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner flew from a meeting with Russian president Vladimir Putin in Moscow to Casement Aerodrome in Baldonnel where they briefed Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy in a meeting facilitated by the Irish Government.

But there was little sign of a breakthrough in ongoing efforts to reach a peace deal.

After the meeting in Baldonnel, Kushner said that the US side had argued for the Europeans to be included in the negotiations. Witkoff said that they were working hard on behalf of US president Donald Trump to being an end to the war, but gave no detail on any progress made.

“Our soldiers will come home and I am very thankful to all our negotiators. This is a real result, this is very important,” Zelenskiy said.

He said the American side made progress on talks with Putin on Europeans taking part in future talks.

“The American side, the American group made progress on Europeans. This is important that Europeans, next time, next week, Europe will be there during negotiations.

“There will be a negotiation team in, not following, not separately, they will have a voice. This is important for us because the war is in Europe, we will be a member of the EU in the future, that’s why it’s very important.”

Kushner said recent days had been “very intense” and that the meeting with Putin was “detailed and productive”.

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