Trump's son-in-law urges Europe to appoint single representative for talks with Russia

Trump's envoy and son-in-law Jared Kushner has said Europe needs to appoint one person to represent it in negotiations on a peaceful settlement of Russia's war against Ukraine.

Source: Kushner following the Ukraine-US-Russia trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi, as reported by European Pravda

Details: Kushner noted that "Europe is a very diverse mix of a lot of different personalities and perspectives and interests".

He also highlighted engagement with various European leaders in this context.

"If Europe could identify one person to speak on their behalf, that would be a bigger achievement than getting the Russians to include them in the negotiation," Trump's representative said.

According to Kushner, it is important to involve Europe in any discussions on Ukraine and post-war security.

Quote: "And then we need to find a way to get good consensus among everyone around what are the right steps. What we've told the Russians is that they obviously have their desires and they have their fears, and we were able to discuss that in this session. But we also told them that you have to provide different de-escalation and different proposals as well if you want Europe to be able to receive those proposals in a good way."

Details: Kushner also acknowledged that "there's no trust right now between the sides and that's to be expected after a conflict like this", but expressed hope that he would be able to make progress on this issue.

He said he hopes that during the meeting in Moscow, Russian ruler Vladimir Putin would "give the blessing" to bringing European representatives into the talks.

Background:

• Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni earlier called for the European Union to discuss who should represent the EU in negotiations on Russia's war against Ukraine and what mandate they should have.
• Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said she would not want to represent Europe in negotiations on the Russia-Ukraine war.

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