The European Union won’t mediate discussions between Ukraine and Russia in any future negotiations to end the now-five-year-long war between the two countries, European Council President Antonio Costa said June 19.
“The European Union is not—and we do not intend to be—mediators,” Costa said during a press conference in Brussels after a European Union leaders’ summit. “We have been with Ukraine through the war and we will be with Ukraine after the war.”
Costa said the EU is also not clear whether Russia wants to engage in serious negotiations at this time. His office is working to establish a diplomatic channel, he said….