00:01Italian Prime Minister Giorgio Maloney criticized the EU's uncoordinated approach to peace
00:08negotiations with Russia in a letter sent on Thursday to European Council President Antonio
00:13Costa. Seen by Euronews, Maloney's letter condemns the fact that European leaders have recently
00:20launched several different initiatives without a shared direction or a clear mandate. Her
00:26criticism comes as officials from France, Germany and the UK, the so-called E3, meet representatives
00:32from the US and Ukraine in Brussels to discuss how to end the war. In her letter, Maloney said
00:38proceeding in disarray with initiatives that chase and overlap one another won't be helpful,
00:44while also calling out the proliferation of negotiating groups such as the E3, the Coalition
00:50of the Willing and the Berlin format composed of Germany, France, Poland and representatives
00:56of NATO, the G7 and the EU. Maloney asked for the issue to be discussed at the informal European
01:02Council in Dublin next week to decide how the EU should be represented in the peace talks.
01:08Meanwhile, talks between Ukrainian and Russian negotiators mediated by US officials
01:14would take place in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday and Wednesday.
