“Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said that the EU should resume dialogue with Russia. “I think Macron is right about this. I think it’s time for Europe to also talk to Russia,” she said at a press conference. Maloney said the EU should appoint an envoy to deal directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin and avoid confusion. “If we make a mistake by deciding, on the one hand, to resume dialogue with Russia, and on the other, to act disorganized, we will do Putin a favor. We had this problem from the beginning. Too many voices, too many formats,” said the Prime Minister of Italy, quoted by Reuters. However, Maloney believes that it is too early to talk about Russia’s return to the Group of Seven (G7). Talks to end the nearly four-year war have accelerated since November. However, Moscow has not yet signaled its readiness to make concessions.”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“I think Macron is right about this. I think it’s time for Europe to also talk to Russia,” she said at a press conference.
Maloney said the EU should appoint an envoy to deal directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin and avoid confusion.
“If we make a mistake by deciding, on the one hand, to resume dialogue with Russia, and on the other, to act disorganized, we will do Putin a favor. We had this problem from the beginning. Too many voices, too many formats,” said the Prime Minister of Italy, quoted by Reuters.
However, Maloney believes that it is too early to talk about Russia’s return to the Group of Seven (G7).
In December, French President Emmanuel Macron said that Europe would be forced to resume direct negotiations with Putin if US efforts to conclude a peace agreement between the Russian Federation and Ukraine fail.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, commenting on Macron’s words, said that it is important to keep the US as a key mediator in the negotiations.
Talks to end the nearly four-year war have accelerated since November. However, Moscow has not yet signaled its readiness to make concessions.
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In December, analysts at the Institute for the Study of War said that Russian President Vladimir Putin publicly and directly outlined his unwavering commitment to maximalist war goals in Ukraine — the same goals that Putin launched his full-scale invasion in 2022.
ISW reminds that the Kremlin has repeatedly rejected the peace plans proposed by the US and Ukraine, trying to shift the blame for the lack of progress in the negotiations to Ukraine.