Jared Kushner said Vladimir Putin is ready to try to include Europe in the next round of talks on ending Russia’s war against Ukraine. Coming after Kushner’s 12 November Kremlin meeting with Putin, the statement is a new signal of a potentially wider format, not a settled multilateral negotiating arrangement.
Speaking to journalists in Dublin, the US presidential envoy said Washington had worked closely with Europeans in recent months and that an agreement could not be made without the European side. He said the US envoys had stressed that point to Putin and that the Russian president was “ready to try”.
That matters because Kushner is attributing openness to European participation to Putin after their Kremlin meeting, rather than merely restating a US preference for a broader table. Europe has a credible claim to participate in talks bearing directly on its security; its role should not be reduced to reacting from outside a process that could affect it.
But Kushner’s account does not establish the mechanics of that participation. The supplied report names no European states or institutions, representatives, mandates, date, venue or agenda for the next round. The development is therefore a reported indication that the table could expand, rather than evidence that a working format has already been agreed.
The strongest case for reading the statement more broadly is Kushner’s assertion that the envoys reached agreement with Putin on trying to bring Europe in. Yet agreement to make an attempt leaves the central practical questions unresolved: who would speak for Europe, and with what authority? Those decisions will determine whether the Dublin statement becomes meaningful participation in the next round.
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- Українська правда · Source date: 2026-11-13
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