The United States and France today want to have talks in Paris about an end to the Ukraine secretary – now surprisingly, negotiators from Kiev have also ended up in the French capital. The head of the Ukrainian Presidential Administration, Andrij Jermak, wrote on X that he was accompanied by Foreign Minister Andrij Sybiha and Defense Minister Rustem Umjerow. Several bilateral meetings with representatives of the states from the so -called “coalition of the willing” are planned. Specifically, Jermak called France, Germany and Great Britain. From the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin, it was said that the Federal Government’s Foreign Affairs and Security Policy advisors, Jens Plötner, and the political director in the Federal Foreign Office, Günter Sautter, took part. “It is also planned to meet US representatives who are now arriving in France,” Jermak also wrote. It is important questions for the security of Ukraine and Europe. In Paris, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the special envoy of President Donald Trump, Steve Witkoff. The visit follows a meeting Witkoffs with Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg last week. There, Europeans are to be informed about the efforts of the US government to terminate the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine, which has been going on since 2022. The White House has certified Putin several times to peace, even if negotiations have so far not made any great progress. In contrast to the Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj, Putin rejected a complete ceasefire without a precondition. The minimal consensus – a 30 -day moratorium on strokes against energy systems – expires today, with both sides accuse the multiple break of the agreement.
Ukrainian negotiators for talks in Paris | Faz
