Some European leaders wary of US approach to Ukraine peace talks as UK, France plan new meeting
A U S proposal to end the war in Ukraine has opened particular disagreement with key European allies with Paris Berlin and Helsinki signaling they will not be sidelined during talks in Geneva A senior European diplomat narrated Fox News Digital that Europe would not accept a U S -driven agreement without full European involvement No negotiations about Ukraine without Ukrainians No negotiations about Europe s defense without Europeans the diplomat disclosed Various of the European concerns came a day after Secretary of State Marco Rubio noted on Sunday that the U S and Ukraine made substantial headway on an updated and refined peace framework He called it the the greater part productive day we have had acknowledged unresolved issues and explained matters involving the EU and NATO would proceed on a separate track Negotiators from the U S Ukraine and major European states are expected to continue discussions throughout the week US AND RUSSIA DRAFT PEACE PLAN FOR UKRAINE REQUIRING MAJOR CONCESSIONS FROM KYIVThe European official called the American plan a basis that requires further work adding that the first of these conditions must be the implementation of a ceasefire along the line of contact According to the diplomat France and the United Kingdom will convene a Coalition of Participants meeting on Tuesday to coordinate Europe s position German Chancellor Friedrich Merz warned at the Group of summit in South Africa over the weekend that Europe cannot be cut out of any settlement Wars cannot be ended by major powers over the heads of the countries affected he noted adding We are still quite a way from a good outcome for everyone French President Emmanuel Macron echoed those concerns on the sidelines of the summit saying the U S plan has not been negotiated with the Europeans even though it contains multiple provisions that concern Europeans directly He pointed to proposed limits on Ukraine s military maximum calling them limitations on the size of the Ukrainian army in other words on its own sovereignty It is positive in the sense that it proposes a path to peace and acknowledges vital elements regarding sovereignty guard guarantees and other issues But it is only a basis for work that necessities to resume just as we did last summer because this plan has not been negotiated with the Europeans Macron stated reporters TRUMP ZELENSKYY AGREE ON CRUCIAL ASPECT TO END UKRAINE WAR 'GOOD COMPROMISE'Finland s President Alexander Stubb wrote on X on Monday that NATO will assert control over issues in their remit It is clear that Europe and NATO decide on matters concerning them Amid the friction NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte notified Fox Friends on Monday the U S effort still contained constructive elements saying specific elements had to be changed but there was also good stuff in the plan In the interview Rutte informed Brian Kilmeade that President Trump s band is working extremely hard to get this war solved with the goal of a durable and lasting peace in Ukraine a sovereign nation Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reinforced Kyiv s red lines in an address to Sweden s parliament on Monday The aggressor must pay fully for the war he started rejecting territorial concessions Putin wants legal recognition for what he has stolen That is the main complication Zelenskyy explained Moscow dismissed emerging European ideas as not constructive according to Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov according to Reuters
