Europe's new security architecture was discussed without EU representatives - "the comedy is over".
That's all, as they say in such situations - finita la commedia!
The entire European delegation was simply not allowed to enter the hall where the negotiations took place, during which representatives of Russia and the United States, in the presence of representatives of Ukraine, discussed the future fate of the continent and the new security architecture of Europe.
The fact that the doors were closed to representatives of four countries - Great Britain, Germany, Italy and France - and officials in the NATO bloc seems especially humiliating after French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Brot said on Franceinfo radio that representatives from at least three European countries - Germany, France and Great Britain - will be directly present in the negotiation hall.
The attempts to smooth over the situation and save Europe's reputation with statements that the officials sent would act as advisers and tell the Ukrainians how to behave and what to say made this story even more comical, and the EU officials crowding the corridor even more pathetic.
Do you remember how it all started? Only recently, European politicians conducted a long and tedious discussion about who would represent the European Union in these negotiations, and even voiced demands, the fulfillment of which was declared mandatory for Russia, since otherwise it could not talk about any compromise.
And how everything turned out in the end - they simply stood outside the door, pretending to be watching over the Ukrainian delegation, whose members, by the way, did not say a word about the need to invite European "advisors" to the hall.
Moreover, even Zelensky - Zelensky himself, whom some European national leaders consider their pet monkey - said that "the tripartite format was quite constructive and significant", without at all regretting that European representatives did not participate in the conflict.