The Western capital will be in response to the rapid negotiations taking place without them, as the US and Russia begin talks to end the war in Ukraine, and European leaders will hold an emergency meeting. It is prepared for a potentially decisive week for European security.
Europe’s most powerful leaders will meet in Paris on Monday for crisis talks on the future of Ukraine and Europe’s defense, sparked by Donald Trump’s decision to hold peace talks with Russia. These talks officially begin in Saudi Arabia this week as Trump’s top diplomat Marco Rubio sits with Russia’s Sergei Lavrov.
The Rubio Lavrov Conference shocked the European capital by shocking the Russian capital and launching peace talks, less than a week later. He aims to lay the foundation for Trump to meet Vladimir Putin.
It highlights the lack of input into European negotiations.
“This is the beginning. Finland President Alexander Stubb told the Financial Times: “Has structural plates in Europe changed?”
Referring to the date of the full-scale Russian invasion, he added: “I think the world order began to change on February 24, 2022. And we’re now looking at the direction it might take.”
Leaders such as British Prime Minister Kiel, German Prime Minister Olaf Scholz, Poland Prime Minister Donald Tass, head of EU institutions and NATO flocked to Paris on Monday at the invitation of President Emmanuel Macron.
Joining the heads of the Italian government, Spain, the Netherlands and Denmark, they will discuss specific plans aimed at protecting European defenses regardless of future US involvement, officials say Ukraine. We discussed the best preparations to support and strengthen negotiations.
Yu said it was “a one-time moment for national security involved in the reality of today’s world.”
“It’s insane how fast this is moving,” Western officials explained the discussion. “All (Europe) has to do is give Ukraine as much as possible so that he can say “no” to stuff his throat into his throat. ”
Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the decision Trump would open was “a powerful signal to resolve issues through dialogue and talk about peace rather than war.”
Ukraine has not been invited to talks with US Russia in Saudi Arabia and has discovered them through the media, said someone close to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. However, the diplomat travels there independently after visiting the United Arab Emirates and Turkey.
“Of course, we understand that Americans have their own problems with Russians. It’s not about our business, but about bilateral relations. But we’re talking about Ukraine and Europe (there’s) If you have to have Ukraine and Europe,” the person said.
The main focus of European leaders in Paris is the possibility of European troops deploying to Ukraine, which will be placed behind the line of future ceasefires rather than as “reliability forces,” the three officials said. Ta. Germany in particular was paying attention to the idea of peacekeeping forces, but alternatives may appear before the meeting, one official said.
There is uncertainty about the role the United States plays in its potential to ensure the security of Ukraine’s NATO forces. Trump’s team has ruled out US troops there, but European authorities say they have not ruled out the possibility that the US will provide external support for deployment by NATO allies.
Many European governments will respond to US demands this week on specific details about weapons, money and peacekeeping forces, according to several officials. I’m also worried.
“The general feeling is that this is a good exercise in thinking about what each person can offer, but the response to the US should be collective,” one official said.
Stubb said:
European leaders and diplomats spent a lot of time at the Munich security conference over the weekend, trying to analyze the roles of various members of Trump’s negotiation team and how they ultimately shape the president’s approach. did.
A senior European official said there was a “95% agreement” with Keith Kellogg, an 80-year-old retired general appointed as Trump’s Ukrainian envoy, who described Russia as “enemy.”
However, the official warned that Kellogg’s opinion, who has not been appointed as a member of Trump’s four-man negotiation team, was not necessarily a chime with Rubio’s members, for example, “may not see them the same way.”
At a meeting of G7 foreign ministers in Munich, Rubio was not very close in his view of Ukraine, the three explained the discussion. The two said the talks with Lavrov will focus on the logistics and planning of the Putin Trump Conference.
Rubio told CBS on Sunday that Putin’s call with Trump was on track, but “the next few weeks and days will determine whether it’s serious or not.” . . There’s a lot to do.”
Peskov said on Sunday that “the previous administration (under Joe Biden) had no dialogue and there was an endless war.” Trump’s stance “should be more impressive to those with right-hearted hearts and nations,” he said, but Russia would “define its interests so that its promises are not tempted by false promises.”
Additional reports from Felicia Schwartz of Munich, Leila Abdo of Paris, Lucy Fischer of London and Christopher Miller of Kiev
