Europe Awaits Seat at Ukraine Talks After Kushner’s Push
· World · New York Times, AP News
European leaders have waited on the margins of negotiations to end Russia’s war in Ukraine for months, hoping to secure a seat at the table. Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and one of his two envoys, said on Thursday that if Europe could identify one person to speak on their behalf, it would be a bigger achievement than getting the Russians to include them. Mr. Kushner and fellow U.S. negotiator Steve Witkoff pushed this week to add Europeans to the talks after Russia insisted during discussions in the United Arab Emirates that postwar security in Europe be a topic of negotiation. Russian negotiators made it clear that as a condition of ending the war, they want Europe to change how it protects itself. European officials have rejected those suggestions, insisting the continent, not the Kremlin, decides its own security.
Why it matters
European officials risk losing diplomatic influence over a peace settlement they did not help shape, as the final terms of the war will be negotiated without their direct participation.
Read the original report — New York Times
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