EU leaders: Europe's security not on Ukraine peace talks agenda

EU leaders said Friday that Europe's security structure should not be part of Ukraine-Russia peace negotiations, but they did not resolve who should represent Europe in any future talks. The statement came during a summit in Dublin. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said there would be no discussions about Ukraine without Ukraine, or about Europe without Europe, and that no talks on European security architecture were needed. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas warned Russian calls for such discussions risked diverting attention from the need for a ceasefire. The Kremlin said it would be open to European participation in peace talks if Europe showed readiness to contribute. Leaders from Poland, the Baltics, and Nordic states warned against brainstorming with the US or Russia on security architecture, while forty European countries signed a declaration on European involvement in security matters.