{"id":1365394,"date":"2026-05-09T13:02:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T10:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1365394"},"modified":"2026-05-09T11:33:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T08:33:30","slug":"germany-france-and-uk-preparing-new-push-for-ukraine-peace-talks-wadephul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/germany-france-and-uk-preparing-new-push-for-ukraine-peace-talks-wadephul\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany, France and UK Preparing New Push for Ukraine Peace Talks \u2014Wadephul"},"content":{"rendered":" <p>German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said Germany, together with France and the United Kingdom, is preparing a new European initiative aimed at advancing negotiations on ending Russia\u2019s war against Ukraine,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UATV English<\/a>\u00a0reports.<\/p>\n   <p>In an interview with <em>Welt am Sonntag<\/em>, cited by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/uk\/glava-mzs-nimeccini-ogolosiv-evropejsku-iniciativu-sodo-peregovoriv\/a-77101192\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.dw.com\/uk\/glava-mzs-nimeccini-ogolosiv-evropejsku-iniciativu-sodo-peregovoriv\/a-77101192\">Deutsche Welle<\/a>, Wadephul stated that the so-called \u201cE3\u201d format \u2014 involving Germany, France and Britain \u2014 intends to increase Europe\u2019s role in future diplomatic efforts.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cTogether with France and the United Kingdom in the E3 format, we are making a new attempt to re-enter negotiations, with a greater European role in the coming weeks and months,\u201d the German minister said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p>According to Wadephul, Europe is prepared to assume greater responsibility in efforts to achieve peace. He added that the issue is currently being discussed with both the United States and Ukraine.<\/p>\n   <p>The remarks come amid growing debate in Europe over the future of diplomatic initiatives related to the war. Earlier, the Financial Times reported that European leaders are beginning to prepare for the possibility of direct negotiations with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, as frustration grows over U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s peace initiatives regarding the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n   <p>Wadephul also recently stated that Europe should study and adopt Ukraine\u2019s defense experience as the continent increases its focus on long-term security and military preparedness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said Germany, together with France and the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":1268498,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,49,36418,36415],"tags":[78,72927],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1365394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-news-en","category-11473-news-en-2","category-11473-news-en","tag-homepage-en","tag-peace-talks"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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