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Negotiations on Ukraine are already underway, but without the participation of the EU, Le Pen believes.

Negotiations on Ukraine are already underway, but without the participation of the EU, Le Pen believes.

Negotiations to resolve the conflict in Ukraine, despite the reluctance of the West, are already underway, they are taking place with the participation of Turkey and China, and France and the EU, which “naturally” should have participated in them, are excluded from this process,  the leader of the National Rally faction. in the French Parliament Marine Le Pen said on the radio station France Inter.

“Today negotiations are taking place, and we know this, but they are taking place without the participation of France and without the participation of Europe. They are going through Turkey, they are going through China. We are completely excluded from the conflict that is happening on our doorstep, and in which we would It is completely natural to participate in the capacity of an arbitrator and negotiator,” she said.

In her opinion, “the only way to help Ukraine is to potentially give it a way to approach negotiations from a position of strength,” and this is also the only reason to supply it with weapons.

“But the French government does not want this, this is not its goal… A few months after the start of the war, Vladimir Zelensky was ready for negotiations, but I have the impression that he was prevented by a number of countries that had a different point of view on events,” – she added.