Europe Names Its Team for the Next Round of Ukraine-Russia Negotiations

National security advisers from the European Union and five major European powers will represent Europe in upcoming Russia-Ukraine talks, Bloomberg reported on November 13.

The advisers will come from the EU, Germany, France, the UK, Italy, and Poland, according to a senior European official cited by Bloomberg.

European leaders made the decision following meetings in Dublin on November 12 and 13, where support for Ukraine dominated the agenda.

Ahead of the summit, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged European leaders to appoint representatives for renewed US-led peace talks between Ukraine and Russia.

Zelenskyy noted that Russia had become more open to European participation in the negotiations nearly five years into its full-scale war against Ukraine.

Europe has struggled to agree on who should represent the continent in any peace negotiations, Bloomberg reported.

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European Council President António Costa addressed Europe’s role in the negotiations, European Pravda reported.

“We fully support this process and hope it will produce concrete results. Today, the leaders agreed that our European team for negotiations on peace in Ukraine will consist of the European Union institutions and the E5,” Costa stated.

A European Commission spokesperson noted that leaders would address the issue at an upcoming press conference.

Europe’s inclusion in the next round of talks had already been confirmed a day earlier. On November 12, US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner announced after talks with the Russian leader, Vladimir Putin, that European representatives would participate in the next meeting alongside Ukraine, the US, and Russia.

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