00:00European leaders insist that Europe must help decide its own security future
00:04after Russia rejected a broader format for Ukraine peace talks.
00:08At the European Political Community Summit in Dublin,
00:11French President Emmanuel Macron said Europeans would define their future security.
00:39German Chancellor Friedrich Merz called on Moscow to hold direct talks with Ukraine, Europe and the United States.
00:57European officials attended the latest round of talks in Abu Dhabi but did not meet the Russian delegation.
01:03Moscow's chief negotiator Vladimir Medinsky said the conflict reflected a wider crisis in European security
01:08and refused to engage with European officials, citing their military and financial support for Kyiv.
01:13EU foreign policy chief Kayakallah said the process should be sequenced,
01:18first a ceasefire, then a peace settlement and only afterwards talks on Europe's security arrangements.
01:25Estonian Prime Minister Christian Michel warned that Moscow could use the debate to pursue demands
01:29including a reversal of NATO's eastward expansion.
01:34Meanwhile, US Envoy Jared Kushner traveled to Moscow to seek President Vladimir Putin's backing for European involvement.
01:43Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the approach strange and urged Europeans to pay close attention.
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