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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Maroosha Muzaffar and James C. Reynolds

Europe rejects Putin’s pick for peace mediator after claim war is ‘coming to an end’

The EU’s foreign policy chief on Monday rejected Vladimir Putin’s suggestion that former German chancellor Gerhard Schröder could represent Europe in future talks with Moscow on European security arrangements.

Putin told reporters on Saturday that he believed the war was “coming to an end”, and said he would be open to negotiating new security terms with Europe, ideally via Schröder as a mediator.

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