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Europe to Send Diplomatic Team to Ukraine Talks Amid Push for Inclusion

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In Short: A top European Union official announced that Europe will send a team of diplomats from the EU and five individual countries to the next round of Ukraine talks, aiming to have a unified voice in the negotiations.

'Big development' in peace talks as Ukraine says Europe to join Russia negotiations • FRANCE 24. FRANCE 24 English

The EU's push for inclusion comes after a summit focused on avoiding being shut out of talks aimed at ending the nearly five-year war.

However, Russia has resisted European participation in negotiations, insisting the talks should proceed strictly as a trilateral format involving Russia, Ukraine, and the United States.

The push for European inclusion comes as Russia and Ukraine have traded attacks that have killed at least 10 people, while the United States pushes for talks to end the war.

As three-way talks between Russia, Ukraine, and the United States get underway in the United Arab Emirates, top G7 diplomats are meeting Tuesday with Ukraine's foreign minister in France.

During the Florida talks, Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff presented Ukrainian negotiators with a postwar “regional prosperity plan” involving Ukraine, Europe, and Russia.

What's confirmed

• Europe will send a team of diplomats from the European Union and five individual countries to the next round of Ukraine talks, a top EU official said after a summit focused on how to avoid being shut out of negotiations on ending the nearly five-year war.
• Russia has resisted European participation in negotiations and insisted the talks should proceed strictly as a trilateral format involving Russia, Ukraine and the United States.

What's still developing

• Vladimir Medinsky, Russia’s chief negotiator at those Ukraine peace talks — which resumed this week for the first time since February — said on Wednesday that the idea of a new security framework for Europe had been the central theme of ⁠two days of negotiations ⁠in Abu Dhabi, but did not provide details of what had been discussed.

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