Vladimir Putin has repeatedly expressed his willingness to hold talks with European leaders, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Wednesday.
The statement came after the second day of trilateral negotiations between Russia, the United States and Ukraine concluded in Abu Dhabi. European representatives traveled to the United Arab Emirates and held separate meetings with the Ukrainian and American delegations, but did not take part in the negotiations.
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Peskov also said that the Russian president has not yet decided whether he will attend the upcoming G20 Leaders’ Summit, scheduled to take place on December 14-15 in Florida, United States.
“Putin has always said, and continues to say, that he is open to contact with everyone, including Europeans,” Peskov said. He also named German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
Merz recently suggested that the upcoming G20 summit could create an opportunity to resume long-suspended contacts between Berlin and Moscow.
“If [Putin] is there, I won’t miss the opportunity to speak with him,” the German chancellor said last week.
Meanwhile, at the G20 foreign ministers’ meeting in Atlanta last month, German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul declined to join the traditional group photo with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov. “We must avoid sending the wrong signal through the image,” Wadephul told reporters.
