The European Union will join the negotiations to end the war in Ukraine and will send national security advisors from five countries to the next round of talks.
According to European Council President António Costa, the EU will be represented at the upcoming talks by representatives of EU institutions and the national security advisors of Germany, France, Britain, Italy, and Poland.
A senior European official told Bloomberg that representatives from these countries will participate in all future negotiations at the technical level.
According to him, Europe has still not appointed the leaders who will represent it at the negotiations.
On November 10–11, talks took place in Abu Dhabi between representatives of Ukraine, the US, and Russia.
European countries did not participate directly in the trilateral meetings, though the Ukrainian side held consultations with them in parallel.
Following the conclusion of the talks in Abu Dhabi, US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner traveled to Moscow, where they met with Putin. Afterward, they held negotiations in Dublin with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Later, Witkoff stated that the Russian side agreed to the participation of European representatives in the next round of negotiations.
It is worth noting that Zelenskyy insists on Europe's involvement in the negotiations, as Russia's objectives concern not only Ukraine, but the security architecture of the entire continent.
At the same time, Politico reported that EU countries have still not agreed on who will represent the bloc at the talks on Ukraine. Some states support the candidacy of António Costa, whereas France and Germany do not want to cede their seats to Brussels.
