The Dutch have additionally declined to participate, whereas a Danish diplomat, like others granted anonymity to debate a delicate subject, advised POLITICO that Copenhagen was not even invited to hitch.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who’s contemplating whether or not to participate, mentioned Tuesday it was “very troublesome to think about how we and Russia can be collectively on a board.”
Putin’s potential function has additionally provoked Poland, the place President Karol Nawrocki, a Trump ally, mentioned in an interview with Republika on Thursday, “If I had been to sit down in the identical format with Vladimir Putin, I might haven’t any issue telling him precisely what I feel.”
Clambering aboard
Nonetheless, Nawrocki has not but made an official determination. MPs from the rightwing PiS celebration with which he’s carefully linked have argued that it’s higher for Poland to have a seat on the desk than not, and that the U.N. is a spent pressure. Nawrocki mentioned Wednesday after assembly with Trump that he had defined to the U.S. president that he would require authorities and parliamentary approval earlier than he might commit. “Trump understands this completely,” he added.
Germany has welcomed an invite from Trump however is presently on the fence. European Fee President Ursula von der Leyen remains to be contemplating her choices, with the subject as a result of be mentioned at a European Council summit Thursday.
Whereas London might not have accepted, Britain can have a voice on the manager committee of the Board of Peace within the type of Tony Blair, the previous prime minister who will sit alongside U.S. particular envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner.
