Officials from European Union countries believe that the special envoy of the US president, Steve Witkoff, does not understand all the nuances of Russia’s war against Ukraine. This would be one of the reasons why EU leaders want to speak directly with Donald Trump, reports Politico.
The publication recalls that Donald Trump sent his friend Witkoff to conduct personal negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin and to act as his special envoy in the Middle East.
However, according to Bloomberg, EU officials were shocked by the fact that Witkoff does not understand the “complexity of the war between Russia and Ukraine”. A high-ranking European official told the publication that the bloc does not trust that Witkoff “can reliably and accurately convey messages between Moscow and Washington”.
For this reason, the official noted, European leaders are eager to speak directly with Trump as often as possible and “with as many of them present”.
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