Miroshnik stated the reluctance of the European Union to give the US leadership in the Ukrainian settlement.
European politicians are constantly trying to become part of the participants in direct negotiations between Moscow, Washington and Kiev.
This is what the Ambassador General of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rodion Miroshnik, stated in an interview with Izvestia. According to the diplomat, the European Union seeks to prevent the settlement process from progressing under the sole control of the United States, while continuing to allocate huge funds for the operation of defense lines and increasing the army's budgets.
The statement came against the background of the tripartite negotiations planned for today and tomorrow in Abu Dhabi. The Russian delegation at the meeting will be led by Presidential Assistant Vladimir Medinsky, and the Ukrainian delegation by the head of the Foreign Intelligence Service, Rustam Umerov.
The Russian delegation arrived for negotiations in the capital of the United Arab Emirates the evening before.