Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov said that the participation of representatives of European countries in the negotiations on Ukraine is not envisaged.
Globalinfo.az reports that he said this while commenting on the resumption of trilateral talks between Russian and Ukrainian representatives with the participation of the US side.
According to Ushakov, there is currently an agreement on resuming trilateral talks with the participation of representatives of Russia, Ukraine and the United States only. The participation of European representatives in these meetings is not envisaged.
“If they want, they can buy a ticket and go there, but we are not going to invite them to the negotiating table,” Ushakov said.
He also answered in the negative when asked whether the issue of Europeans joining the trilateral talks was discussed during the latest phone call between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US leader Donald Trump.
It should be noted that The Telegraph had earlier named five possible candidates who could represent Europe in the negotiations. Among them are Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Finnish President Alexander Stubb, Czech leader Petr Pavel, Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen.
Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov, for his part, said Moscow would support the appointment of a European Union representative to the talks. He stressed that the condition that this person be committed to a peaceful settlement was important.
Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said European countries were trying to enter the negotiating process, but it raised the question of what positions they would join it with.
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