Munich, Germany – European leaders have convened a series of crisis meetings over the Ukraine peace talks, as the US sends increasingly strong signals that there will be no seat for Europe at the negotiating table.
European leaders are set to meet in Paris on Monday for last-ditch urgent talks on Trump, Ukraine and defence, at the invitation of French President Emmanuel Macron, Poland’s Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski said in Munich on Saturday.
The Élysée could not immediately confirm the talks but said that “discussions” were ongoing between European leaders “about a possible informal meeting”, though it did not give a date or possible attendees.
Sikorski said later on X that Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk would be attending the Paris meeting, which was needed “to show our strength and unity”.
The talks come ahead of an anticipated visit by Trump’s Ukraine envoy, Keith Kellogg, to Brussels after his remarks that Europe won’t be part of peace talks.
The EU’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, called an informal foreign ministers’ meeting – for those present in Munich – for Sunday morning.
An invitation letter, shown to Euractiv, said the “aim of the meeting will be to share information and take stock of the latest contacts with United States Administration representatives and with Ukraine at the Munich Security Conference.”
G7 foreign ministers – France, Germany, Italy, United States, Canada, Japan, UK, the EU – on Saturday afternoon said they would work “to get a strong peace deal for Ukraine” with “robust security guarantees”.
“Any new, additional sanctions after February should be linked to whether the Russian Federation enters into real, good-faith efforts to bring an enduring end to the war against Ukraine that provides Ukraine with long-term security and stability as a sovereign, independent country,” they stated.
Canada’s foreign minister Mélanie Joly, whose country chairs the grouping this year, confirmed to reporters they had not discussed readmitting Russia to the format as initially suggested by US President Donald Trump.
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Source: euractiv.com
