Ukraine agreement would be 'only the beginning of the next stage', Schinas tells Euronews in Doha
Euronews sat with former VP of the European Commission Margaritis Schinas and the EU's Envoy for the Gulf Luigi Di Maio in the Qatari capital to discuss the war in Ukraine, EU competitiveness and cultivating new ties in the Gulf. The two were attending the Doha Forum.
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00:01Euronews sat with the former Vice President of the European Commission, Margarita Shinas, for an exclusive interview in Doha, where he provided insight as to what the renewed peace efforts might yield in embattled Ukraine.
00:15Europe has to continue as it did from day one of the invasion of Russia to Ukraine, continue to seek a positive contribution that would eventually lead to a peaceful settlement.
00:32We have done a lot for Ukraine from day one. We have been funding Ukraine with two billion euros per month.
00:40So, in a way, Ukraine keeps fighting because Europe keeps paying.
00:47We have bought armaments for Ukraine. We have stood by the country in very difficult diplomatic moments, and we'll continue to do that.
00:59We hope that as a result of the ongoing talks and with the increasing involvement of the U.S. government,
01:07we will be able soon to come to an agreement. But if this moment comes, this would be only the beginning of the next stage.
01:16It would not be the end settlement. It would be the beginning that would eventually lead to a final settlement.
01:23Euronews also caught up with Luigi Di Maio, the EU's special envoy to the Gulf, where he shared with us how the region could advance the bloc's competitiveness in an increasingly unstable geopolitical climate.
01:34I think that the more we will realize that we have to continue to work with our historical allies, that we have to create new partnerships, the more we realize, we accept that, the more we implement in fact, not only wars, this new idea or projection, having at mutual level new partners, the more we'll be closer.
02:00And the more we will face together not only the multilateral political challenges, not only the security challenges, but even the economy, the prosperity for our people. Together these two markets, the GCC market and the European market, together they represent the 20%, almost the 20% of the global economy, almost the 18% of the global trade.
02:24So we have a huge potential, so it means even that we can reach a huge leverage together, a joint leverage.
02:31The two European Union politicians were in the Qatari capital to attend the second day of the Doha Forum.
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