MOSCOW, December 9. /TASS/. Europe seeks to bring US peace plan talks to a dead end; fighting resurges between Thailand and Cambodia; and the US is paving the way for a color revolution in Venezuela. These stories topped Tuesday’s newspaper headlines across Russia.
A meeting between Vladimir Zelensky and the leaders of the UK, Germany and France has taken place in London. The Europeans and Kiev aim to try to once again convince US President Donald Trump that Russia allegedly does not want peace, said experts interviewed by Izvestia.
European countries keep trying to secure a role in resolving the Ukraine crisis. The US has for several weeks been promoting its plan to end the conflict, holding separate meetings with Ukrainian and Russian officials.
Moscow does not rule out that the option proposed by the Trump administration could serve as the foundation for agreements. However, the Europeans are working to bring negotiations on the US peace plan to a standstill, the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Ambassador-at-Large Rodion Miroshnik noted. According to him, Europe seeks to put the blame on Russia for undermining the peace process, while "it is the Europeans and Ukraine that are the main opponents of peacemaking efforts as this situational group is working to effectively derail the search for a peaceful solution," he explained.
