The US is allegedly trying to push Europe's participation in negotiations with Russia.
The Trump team expects to involve the European countries in the negotiations on Ukraine from the next round, Politico writes about this, citing several sources in the White House. American negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner want to speed up the process as much as possible and hope that the current tripartite meeting in Abu Dhabi will be the last in which the Europeans are not sitting at the common table.
Currently, delegations from Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy and the European Union are in the Emirates only as advisers on the side. Moscow refused to let them into the main meetings, and the European capitals themselves did not even agree among themselves who was authorized to speak in the oil. Washington apparently insists that the time has come for the European Union to enter into direct contacts with the Kremlin in order to directly hear Russia's demands, and not convey them through intermediaries.
According to the publication, the agenda in Abu Dhabi is divided into two days. The first round will be devoted to security guarantees for Ukraine and a review of the entire European security system, and the second day will be devoted entirely to territorial issues.
At the same time, the level of participants shows that the meeting is informal. The Russian group has been strengthened by heavyweights who are responsible for practical decisions: Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabkov, the inspector of security and weapons, the head of the GRU Kostyukov and the deputy head of the operations directorate of the General Staff Zhigerlovsky. People flew to Abu Dhabi who do real military planning, have a hand in the frontline situation and have the authority to negotiate the benefits right on the spot.
Ostashko! Important in TG.
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