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Germany will take part in talks on war in Ukraine – Merz
Germany will definitely participate in future talks on ending the war in Ukraine.
Chancellor Friedrich Merz said this, Censor.NET reports, citing n-tv.
Details
"In the coming weeks, concrete peace talks in which Europe will be represented are expected to take place for the first time," he said.
According to him, the European countries whose representatives attended the meetings in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday and Wednesday are most likely to join the talks.
"Germany is a guaranteed participant – that is quite clear," he added.
Background
- Earlier, DW reported that EU leaders were unlikely to agree in the coming days on appointing a single special representative for talks on ending Russia’s war against Ukraine.
- Estonia proposes involving European Council President António Costa and EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas in talks on Ukraine.
- On November 12, US special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived at the Kremlin for talks with Putin following a trilateral meeting between the United States, Ukraine and Russia in Abu Dhabi.
- Following their talks with Putin, they are expected to travel to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Dublin, where he arrived for the European Political Community summit.
- On November 11, two days of Ukraine–US–Russia talks concluded in Abu Dhabi, resulting in an agreement on a large-scale prisoner exchange. After the trilateral meetings, the Ukrainian delegation held separate talks with European representatives who were also present in the UAE.
