00:00European leaders insist that Europe must help decide its own security future after
00:04Russia rejected a broader format for Ukraine peace talks. At the European
00:09political community summit in Dublin, French President Emmanuel Macron said
00:12Europeans would define their future security.
00:17I think that today we have a need for Europe to have a clear vision and unity of what
00:24she wants, for Ukraine and for herself. We have created a coalition of volunteers.
00:28So the format is determined by the content. So we have to take the initiative of discussion
00:33with Russia in Europe and it is now that the format will be defined.
00:39German Chancellor Friedrich Maas called on Moscow to hold direct talks with Ukraine,
00:44Europe and the United States.
00:45There is obviously a need for more and more on the Russian side to recognize that
00:57European officials attended the latest round of talks in Abu Dhabi but did not meet the Russian delegation.
01:03Moscow's chief negotiator Vladimir Medinsky said the conflict reflected a wider crisis in European security
01:08and refused to engage with European officials, citing their military and financial support for Kyiv.
01:14EU foreign policy chief Kayakallah said the process should be sequenced,
01:18first a ceasefire, then a peace settlement and only afterwards talks on Europe's security arrangements.
01:25Estonian Prime Minister Christian Michel warned that Moscow could use the debate to pursue demands
01:29including a reversal of NATO's eastward expansion.
01:34Meanwhile, US Envoy Jared Kushner traveled to Moscow to seek President Vladimir Putin's backing for European involvement.
01:40We will discuss this more today.
01:43Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenskyy called the approach strange and urged Europeans to pay close attention.
01:49In these talks.
01:51The right 1960 as a ministries worldwide
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