Europe must decide within one or two weeks who will represent it at forthcoming peace talks on Ukraine, Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin said on Thursday as he arrived at an informal summit of the 27 EU leaders in Dublin, [tg24.sky.it] reported.
Martin said that discussions on Thursday would bring clarity on the issue, though further work remains ahead of an extraordinary council meeting in two weeks, according to [tg24.sky.it].
The debate over a unified diplomatic voice has exposed divisions among member states. While Germany and France favor utilizing established formats like the E3, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said that there are “too many formats” and that the core issue is mandate rather than nomenclature, [ANSA] reported.
Meanwhile, Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal insisted that the existing structures are sufficient, stating that the EU already has Council President Antonio Costa and High Representative Kaja Kallas, according to [ANSA].
I do not see any problem with it remaining like this,” German Chancellor Friedrich Merz stated at the summit, [Il Sole 24 ORE] reported. Merz added that the primary objective is ensuring Russia sits at the negotiating table and engages in dialogue, regardless of personal representation.
Moscow has adopted a cautious stance regarding European participation. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said that European officials will be involved in negotiations only when they demonstrate a sincere desire for peace, [tg24.sky.it] reported. Peskov also denied that Moscow demanded Finland’s withdrawal from NATO during recent talks in Abu Dhabi, telling the Tass news agency that the topic was never raised, according to [tg24.sky.it].
Raid aerei e bilancio delle vittime
While diplomatic maneuvers continue, military strikes persist across the region. Two people were killed in the Black Sea port city of Odessa during overnight Russian airstrikes, regional governor Oleg Kiper said, according to [tg24.sky.it]. In Zaporizhzhia, a 17-year-old was killed and four people were pulled alive from rubble, reported acting governor Mykhailo Semikin, [tg24.sky.it] noted.
Retaliatory strikes inside Russian territory have raised the reported death toll from Ukrainian drone attacks to 10. Regional officials, including Samara governor Vjacheslav Fedorishev and Bryansk governor Egor Kovalchuk, confirmed casualties following industrial and residential impacts, [tg24.sky.it] stated. In the self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic, administration head Leonid Pasechnik reported that a 63-year-old woman died when a drone struck a bus stop.
Domande frequenti sulla trattativa di pace
Chi deciderà il rappresentante europeo per i negoziati?
I leader dell’Unione Europea affronteranno la scelta entro due settimane, come indicato dal premier irlandese Micheál Martin, riporta tg24.sky.it.
Quali Paesi partecipano ai colloqui con gli Stati Uniti?
Delegazioni di Stati Uniti, Ucraina e Russia hanno avviato contatti trilaterali ad Abu Dhabi, mentre i consiglieri diplomatici di Gran Bretagna, Francia, Germania e Italia hanno tenuto incontri separati con gli inviati americani Steve Witkoff e Jared Kushner, secondo quanto emerso da [tg24.sky.it] e [ANSA].
Qual è la posizione del Cremlino sulla presenza dell’Europa?
Il portavoce Dmitry Peskov ha dichiarato che Mosca resta aperta al dialogo ma coinvolgerà i rappresentanti europei soltanto quando dimostreranno una reale intenzione di contribuire al processo di pace, come riferito da [tg24.sky.it].
Il prossimo round dei colloqui tra Russia, Stati Uniti e Ucraina è previsto in seguito ai progressi registrati dagli inviati americani nei recenti incontri diplomatici, secondo le dichiarazioni diffuse e riportate da tg24.sky.it.