The chief of European Union diplomacy, Kaya Kallas, has warned against lies in the traps Russia is preparing, saying Moscow is trying to open a debate on European security in order to shift attention from its aggression.
We have an aggressor and a victim, while the aggressor has no security concerns. No one ever attacked them. They attacked the others. I mean, people, don’t lose your focus, Kaya Callas said, once you get to a summit of EU leaders in Dublin.
During discussions on the war in Ukraine, Russia has restored its tough demands for a complete reshuffle of the security architecture in Europe. These requirements were rejected in 2021, considered to be a violation of the sovereignty of Central and Eastern European countries.
The last round of talks between Ukraine, Russia and the United States took place this week in Abu Dhabi. US President Donald Trump’s envoy and his son-in-law, Jared Kouchner, said Thursday evening that Russia and Ukraine had agreed in the next round of peace negotiations to include European representatives. However, Russia quickly rejected that statement.
European leaders have repeatedly repeated that they will support Ukraine in any process of peace negotiations, but demand that a ceasefire be reached in advance. They also stress that the continent has a wide network of security agreements, which Russia has violated.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Russia is seeking to discuss issues related to European security architecture, but according to him, this is not necessary.
Russia wants to talk about European security architecture issues. We don’t need to discuss this, because it already exists, said Merz. He added it was self-aware that Germany would be part of each European delegation.
Even European Commission President Ursula von der Leyeen said that Europe’s involvement in peace negotiations was self-aware, in order to protect its interests and support Ukraine.
The Kremlin declared on Friday that it must first understand Europe’s true intentions and its readiness to contribute to the peace process, before deciding whether to hold talks in an expanded format.
Meanwhile, Russia’s chief negotiator in Abu Dhabi’s talks, Vladimir Medinsky, said it was not clear what he would have to discuss with Europe.
The United States’ call for Europe’s involvement in negotiations has brought the question of who will represent it in the process.
Despite more than two years of ongoing negotiations, the European Union has not yet decided who it will choose as its representative. However, the belief that Europe should not be represented by only one person is increasing, but by some representatives who would forward the positions of various countries on the continent.
Paris and Berlin support the continuation of the role of their E3 envoys, including Great Britain, France and Germany, along with EU representatives.
On the other hand, the smaller EU member states are demanding that representation be relied more on European Union institutions, on European Council President António Costa, and Kallas, who exercise the post of EU high representative for foreign policy and security, respectively.
Swedish Prime Minister Wolf Krittersson said the debate over who should represent Europe in negotiations is getting more attention than needed, stressing that European countries have different interests.
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