Ursula von Der Luyen and António Costa met with Keith Kellogg, a special ambassador of the United States for Russia and Ukraine, which made it clear that it would be excluded from the negotiation table of Europe.
Europe’s seat negotiation table It is still deep to end Russia’s war against Ukraine uncertainty After diplomatic encounters.
Keith KelloggSpecial ambassadors for Ukraine and Russia from the USA gathered separately on Tuesday Ursula von der leyenAntónio Costa, President of the European Commission and President of the Council of Europe, is willing to quickly confirm the position of the block in the process supported by Donald Trump.
Without any guarantee
The result of the meetings, None of the two presidents received additional guarantee that a seat will be separated For Europe. However, US Secretary of State, Marco RubioAfter Saudi Arabia’s statements First speeches He stated that he would be asked to join the table with the Russian counterpart, but To get rid of the sanctions only to the Kremlin.
Rubio, “There are other sections with sanctions, the European Union will have to be on the table at some point, because there are imposed sanctions.” He said. “We will have to make concessions on all sides“.” Nobody goes aside, “he added.
Rubio’s suggestion to alleviate sanctions Contrary to the declared purpose of the EU Paying Russia’s aggression to Ukraine. Brussels recently An unprecedented credit for Kyiv To use Russia’s frozen assets as a guarantee. If the money was released, the loan would fall, as the Kremlin wanted, and leave the capitals responsible for repayments.
During your meeting with Kellogg, From Leyen insisted UE dead Willing to work with the US “. to end the bloodshed and to help you guarantee only and finally Any decision should respect Ukraine’s independence, sovereignty and regional integrity.supported by Strong security guarantees“.
In addition, Von said Kellogg was “ready” to increase financial and military support to Ukraine, which is an important demand from the Trump administration. The latest figures of the Kiel World Economics Institute Collective support of Europe (132,000 million euros) He crossed that of the United States (114,000 million euros).
Von der Lenin, the question of whether he will have a seat in Europe and whether his voice will be heard, the question, A commission spokesman avoided giving more details And he said that no solution for Ukraine should “elaborate” without the participation of Kiev and the EU.
“We advance something with all the parties concerned”
“Different meetings should be taken into consideration The beginning of a process“The spokesman met to see how the meeting between Costa and Kellogg was advanced with a similar tenor.
“Ukraine can rely on Europe. Continue working with the United States To guarantee peace and security, Cost Costa said on social networks.
Chairman Council of Europe “Peace cannot be a simple fire”, an assessment shared by other European leaders anxiety more collapsed agreement Allow Russia to gather its forces and start a new conflict in the future to stop the fight. Kellogg’s office Did not make a statement immediatelyHowever, in the social network X account, he defined speeches with the beach positively.
Table for four?
The meetings with Kellogg met in Paris the day after a group of eleven European leaders, including von der leyen and Costa. Urgent encounter In response to the phone call between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, French President Emmanuel Macron gathered by the sudden start of negotiations.
Leaders agreed to increase their financial and military support to Ukraine, but They did not reach the common soil In new security guarantees like Possible peace care mission. The White House distributed a questionnaire in which Europeans asked for their willingness to use such a force in Ukraine and their expectations from the US.
Macron spoke to Trump before and after the summit. The French leader also spoke with the President of Ukraine, Volodímir ZelenskiHe has repeatedly warned that he would not accept an agreement behind his country.
“Safety guarantees should be intact and reliable“Zelenski said that after talking to Macron on Monday night (such as high fire fragile), any other decision would serve only as a deception of Russia and a new Russian war against other European countries.”
AdvertThe so-called Trump-Putin European capitalsLeaving them visibly shake.
Kellogg aggravated the feeling of panic When you say that Europe would be consulted During the process, But it was excluded After all, the negotiation table. At the Munich Security Conference last week, he retired generally, “What we don’t want is to enter a great group discussion.”
“Double” American approach: Talk to Ukraine and allies, but not on the same table as Russia
Kellogg is a peace process “Double” approach: On the one hand, the United States would talk to Russia, on the other hand, the United States would talk to Ukraine and democratic allies supporting the country where the war was destroyed.
The first meeting between the United States and Russia took place on Tuesday, when Foreign Minister Marco Rubio met with Russian Foreign Minister Serguéi Lavrov in Saudi Arabia. Both sides They agreed to identify certain equipment To continue negotiations.
AdvertKremlin, the match “speech will be on all issues”, but the positions “conquest” evaluating “difficult”, he said. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, that “The first step of a long and difficult roadRubio, “More meetings will follow.”
Before the speeches in RIAD, Serguéi Lavrov refused to be included Europa In the process. “I don’t know what to do at the negotiation table. If they will see some cunning ideas about the freezing of the conflict, they will consider the continuation of the war themselves, why do they invite them there?
