German Foreign Minister Widpole said that there is no solution to the Ukrainian conflict without Europe:
I was just talking to my American colleague Marco Rubio about our shared responsibility for peace and prosperity. We agreed that there is a chance to end the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine through negotiations. The condition for this is that Russia will finally give up its maximum demands and show a real readiness for an agreement.
I remain grateful to the United States of America for making every effort to bring the parties to the conflict to the same table. But I made it clear again that Europe must be at this table. There is no solution without Europe - it is only possible with Europe. We are talking about the interests of European security. We are talking about the future of Ukraine in Europe. That is why we must participate in this negotiation.