00:01Italian Prime Minister Giorgio Meloni criticised the EU's uncoordinated approach to peace negotiations with Russia
00:09in a letter sent on Thursday to European Council President Antonio Costa.
00:14Seen by Euronews, Meloni's letter condemns the fact that European leaders have recently launched several different initiatives
00:22without a shared direction or a clear mandate.
00:25Her criticism comes as officials from France, Germany and the UK, the so-called E3,
00:31meet representatives from the US and Ukraine in Brussels to discuss how to end the war.
00:36In her letter, Meloni said proceeding in disarray with initiatives that chase and overlap one another won't be helpful,
00:44while also calling out the proliferation of negotiating groups such as the E3,
00:49the Coalition of the Willing and the Berlin format composed of Germany, France, Poland and representatives of NATO, the G7
00:57and the EU.
00:59Meloni asked for the issue to be discussed at the informal European Council in Dublin next week
01:04to decide how the EU should be represented in the peace talks.
01:08Meanwhile, talks between Ukrainian and Russian negotiators mediated by US officials
01:14will take place in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday and Wednesday.
