EU governments are discussing whether former European Central Bank president Mario Draghi or ex-chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel could represent the bloc in potential negotiations with Vladimir Putin, as momentum gathers to reopen formal channels with Russia.
Foreign ministers will discuss the merits of possible candidates at an EU meeting in Cyprus next week after Washington and Kyiv expressed support for Europe to engage with Russia’s president over the war in Ukraine, said people briefed on the discussions.
Donald Trump’s administration, currently distracted by its own war in the Middle East, has informed EU counterparts that it is not opposed to Europe talking to Putin in parallel to US-led peace talks, three of the people said.
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