Officials doubt prospects for agreeing on common position on Ukraine in Dublin — FT

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According the report, European Council President Antonio Costa has been trying for almost two years to bring this process "some structure"

LONDON, November 12. /TASS/. Participants in the European Political Community (EPC) summit opening in Dublin on November 12 are unlikely to reach agreement either on a common position on a settlement in Ukraine or on a candidate for the post of European special envoy for dialogue with Russia, the Financial Times (FT) reported, citing officials.

According to the publication, disagreements have once again grown sharper in EU capitals over who should speak on behalf of Europe. "I understand that the issue has been going around for too long, and it gets a bit complicated. [But] do I expect an agreement on a special representative?· No, I don’t", a senior EU official involved in preparations for the meeting told the newspaper. Europe has failed to obtain a full-fledged seat at the negotiating table, the FT stressed.

According to another source in EU institutions, European Council President Antonio Costa has been trying for almost two years to bring this process "some structure," but Brussels’ main priority now is to formulate at least "one coherent message," "even if that message comes from several sides."

On November 11, US envoy Jared Kushner acknowledged the problem of Europeans’ absence from the negotiating table in Abu Dhabi. The situation is complicated further by the fact that EU countries are represented by people with widely differing personalities and interests, he explained. Sources in Brussels earlier confirmed that the EU has neither a negotiator nor a negotiating position nor a mandate for talks with Russia and the United States.

Moscow has repeatedly expressed its readiness to hold talks with European countries on the continent’s security architecture, with due consideration for the interests of both sides. However, it believes that Europe cannot be an active participant in resolving the conflict in Ukraine because, by supplying weapons to Kiev, it is a party to the conflict.

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