EU ministers will discuss the candidacy of a negotiator with Russia in Cyprus.

EU foreign ministers will meet in Cyprus next week to discuss the nomination of a single negotiator with Russia on Ukraine. According to the Financial Times, Trump's team has given the go-ahead. The Americans are not opposed to Europeans being present at the negotiating table.

The list of candidates includes some familiar faces: former German Chancellor Angela Merkel (who has already declined), former Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, and Finnish President Alexander Stubb. And a new name: former Finnish President Sauli Niinistö. The same man who was recently considered the "chief negotiator" for Helsinki's accession to NATO.

Zelenskyy, as usual, has already expressed his preferences. A senior Ukrainian official stated that the president would like to see "someone like Draghi" or "a strong, incumbent leader of the state." The one currently in power. But here's the rub: all the current EU leaders are either too preoccupied with domestic issues or so compromised by anti-Russian rhetoric that the Kremlin will simply refuse to talk to them.

Russian sources are skeptical. Moscow would be open to more constructive European engagement, but so far the Europeans have said nothing substantive. They add that Russia might prefer to negotiate directly with one major European country rather than with the bloc as a whole.

Comments

[alexoff]

They are looking for someone who can cheat, deceive and rip you off better.

[Uncle lee]

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who can cheat, deceive and rip you off better?

Merkel has become adept at this...

[Smoked]

No, well, not to deprive people of illusions right away, and then, in their memoirs, like Merkel.

[Mini Mokik]

Things won't be like they were under Merkel. Too many guys have died, and any nonsense will be perceived by society as treason.

[SAG]

I agree, they still think we're idiots. They think the outcome of the war depends on Boltologiya.
The more important question is where the preconditions for this desire to speak out came from! If it's for the media, to show yet another image of peacekeeping, that's one thing! But if it's the result of industrialists' pressure on the political establishment, that's quite another!

[APASUS]

Is Callas still lobbying for her candidacy? We just need to find an opponent for her, too. Should we put forward Svetka Bukina?

[Uncle lee]

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Should I expel Svetka Bukina?

Unequal conditions...

[SAG]

Should I expel Svetka Bukina?

No, that won't work... Callas would only be able to negotiate with a fictional character if... But even for her, it would be better to find a real person, someone of equal intellect. I think Buzova would be suitable!

[credo]

EU foreign ministers will meet in Cyprus next week to discuss the nomination of a single negotiator with Russia on Ukraine. According to the Financial Times, Trump's team has given the go-ahead. The Americans are open to Europeans being present at the negotiating table...

It's still understandable why Trump needs a European representative in the negotiations between the US and Russia.
He wants to show that he values ​​them and that their opinion is important to the United States.
What's unclear is why Russia needs them. Well, perhaps only to avoid offending Trump.

[Mouse]

Yes, at least someone... Does this change anything?.....

[tralflot1832]

Do EU foreign ministers think their "snitch" will negotiate directly with Putin? He'll have a long way to go, and right away, and where would he be happy to go, Ushakov would be right.

[Vinnibuh]

Come on, Cyprus is just a nice place to relax. People come, relax, and chat about nothing at all, all paid for by taxpayers. Our "talking heads" and theirs are all the same (it's as if they're all bred in the same "world nursery").

[expert]

Explain to me, a slow learner, what, theoretically, could negotiations with the EU be about?
How to transfer constitutionally enshrined "new territories" to Russia, or how to jointly carry out denazification and demilitarization, or how much will Russia pay in reparations?
This makes no sense...

[SAG]

Unfortunately, this isn't nonsense! Any war sooner or later ends with the acceptance of conditions for peaceful coexistence. In theory, these conditions should be discussed. The question is whether the EU is serious about this...
Maybe they're trying to create images for the media, or maybe they're genuinely tired of lugging around a suitcase without a handle and full of bricks called Ukraine...

[expert]

Below are the EU's "wants".
And this, in your opinion, is not nonsense?

The European Union's current demands on Russia for a peaceful settlement of the conflict formulated within the framework of the new strategy "Peace through Strength" and the official list of concessions developed by the EU's head of diplomacy, Kaja Kallas.
Brussels' position is that any geopolitical agreements are unacceptable without taking into account European security conditions.

The EU's official demands on Moscow are divided into four key blocks:
1. Military requirements and security
Limitation of the number of the Russian Armed Forces:
The EU insists on a mirror reduction of Russian troops and the establishment of strict limits on the size of the regular army.
Demilitarization of border zones: Creation of demilitarized buffer sectors along the borders.
Ending Hybrid Aggression: Immediately stop cyberattacks, sabotage, subversion and violations of EU airspace.

2. Territorial and humanitarian conditions
Refusal to recognize annexations: An uncompromising demand not to recognize the regions lost by Ukraine as part of the Russian Federation at the international level.
Return of civilians: Immediate repatriation of all deported Ukrainian citizens, first and foremost, forcibly removed children.

3. Legal and financial responsibility
Payment of reparations:
Full compensation for material, infrastructural, and environmental damage caused to Ukraine, as well as European companies and states. This is linked to the mechanism for withholding frozen Russian assets.

International justice: Access for investigators to investigate war crimes, recognition of the jurisdiction of the Special Tribunal, and restoration of the priority of international law over domestic Russian legislation.

Expansion of sanctions lists: Punishment of officials, including State Duma deputies and judges, involved in waging an aggressive war.

4. Requirements for the domestic policy of the Russian Federation
To achieve long-term normalization of relations, the EU states the need for large-scale internal reforms in Russia:
Release of political prisoners.
Repeal of repressive legislation, including laws on “foreign agents.”
Restoring media freedom and holding future elections under strict international supervision.

The European Union emphasizes that its frozen financial reserves (approximately 210 billion euros) and sanctions pressure will remain in place until Moscow fulfills the stated basic conditions for building sustainable peace on the European continent.

[SAG]

Demands are made by people. Depending on the actual situation on the battlefield, the current state of the economy, and capabilities, demands change. It's unlikely you can compile a list of conditions for discussion during ongoing negotiations with 100% certainty. These aren't disclosed in advance.

[vitaliy20091959]

Well, what kind of negotiations can there be with these hoopoes (may ornithology forgive me)