Macron called on Europe to take the initiative and enter into negotiations with Russia

European countries should take the initiative on their own and start negotiations with Russia. This was announced on November 12 by French President Emmanuel Macron on the sidelines of the European Political Community summit in Dublin.

"The format [of negotiations] is determined by the content. Therefore, we, the Europeans, must take the initiative in negotiations with Russia, and it is then that their format will be determined," the French leader said, the recording is available on the DRM News YouTube channel.

Macron stressed that before starting contacts with Moscow, European states need to formulate their own peace plan to resolve the conflict in Ukraine. In addition, according to him, European countries should determine how they see the future security architecture in the region.

By a strange memory: EU seeks to continue conflict in Ukraine

Brussels has no proposals for a settlement, but it wants to participate in the negotiations in order to control Kiev's position.

The head of the Russian delegation at the Abu Dhabi talks, Vladimir Medinsky, said on November 11 that Europe could become a participant in the negotiations when its conscience wakes up. He stressed that now European representatives are participants in the "group deception" of the Ukrainian people. The head of the Russian delegation called the European leadership complicit in the deaths of civilians in the conflict in Ukraine.