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European Commission sees Putin-Trump call as beginning of process to resolve Ukraine issue

13 February 2025 17:35 (UTC +04:00)

The European Commission believes that Wednesday’s phone call between the leaders of Russia and the US, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, marks the beginning of a process to resolve the conflict in Ukraine, the commission’s Chief Spokesperson Paula Pinho said at a press conference, APA reports citing TASS.

"It’s important to point out that this is the beginning of a process. Yesterday’s call between President Trump and President Putin marks the beginning of a process," she noted. "I don’t know exactly what the next steps in the process will be <...> and we will see in the next days and weeks how it will be taken from here," the EU Commission spokesperson added.

Meanwhile, Pinho reiterated the EU’s position of "nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine." "We know that any just and lasting peace needs to include Ukraine at the table," she pointed out.

Asked if Brussels was wary of being left out of the negotiation process and whether the call with the Russian leader had been coordinated between the US and the EU, Pinho said: "the EU was not in contact with President Trump with regard to this particular call. <...> There was no coordination regarding this call."