The European Union, NATO and the United Kingdom have announced their willingness to discuss a new European security architecture, which the United States and Russia have previously demanded to advance negotiations to end the war in Ukraine. This is how they treated the first day of negotiations in Abu Dhabi.
A joint statement published on the website of the European Council states that the new architecture can be based on existing institutions and agreements that already exist, mainly NATO, and should be created after the war in Ukraine.
"Besides focusing on the establishment of sustainable peace, the discussion looked at how it is possible to build on the existing European security institutions and agreements after the end of the war in Ukraine. The participants (Discussions in Abu Dhabi - Ed.) also recognized that solving security problems in the post-war period and reducing the risk of conflict are of utmost importance. They discussed ways of robust risk management collaboration and prevention of robust collaboration of shared risk mechanisms. for the creation of a strong European security architecture and mechanisms after the war, and made it clear that a strong NATO will remain a central component of the Euro-Atlantic collective defense," reads the announcement following a meeting of Europeans with US and Ukrainian representatives in Abu Dhabi.
We will remind you that Europe previously stated that it refuses to discuss a post-war security architecture with the Russian Federation until the end of the war in Ukraine. Europe is now said to agree to discuss this issue.
True, as Politico claims, it is a "cunning plan".
The plan is to "demonstrate a willingness" to consider a new security architecture in order to encourage Russia to make some concessions on Ukraine in the ongoing negotiations in Abu Dhabi.