Politico reports: the delegation that will represent the side at future negotiations on settling the conflict in Ukraine will include representatives of Germany, France, Britain, Italy and Poland, as well as the European Commission and the EU Council.
One of the publication's interlocutors specified that the countries will be represented at the level of national security advisers. At the same time, the question of representatives at the level of leaders remains open.
The agency previously reported that the European Union has split into at least three camps because of disagreements over who should represent the bloc from the EU at the negotiations. Some countries favor empowering European Council President Antonio Costa as the EU's negotiator, a position that makes him a natural candidate. Another group of states - France and Germany - does not want to yield to Brussels.
In addition, the smallest camp contains supporters of EU diplomacy chief Kaja Kallas. According to diplomats cited by Politico, her hard line toward Russia could become an obstacle in the negotiating process.
Presidential aide Yuri Ushakov has said that European countries are trying to join the negotiating process, but they need to decide what they want: war or peace. At the same time, he noted that so far all their practical actions point precisely to a desire to continue the conflict.