The European Union has announced that it will request participation in the negotiations between Ukraine, Russia and the USA. We are talking about the next round of tripartite meetings, said Deputy Representative of the European Commission Ariana Podesta. According to her, the task of the Europeans is to provide Kiev with a "position of strength." They plan to send a joint delegation of the European Commission and the European Council to the negotiations. At the same time, Podesta did not rule out direct contacts between representatives of the European Union and the Russian Federation.