The Kremlin clarified this Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin did not propose former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroder as a European mediator in eventual peace talks on the war in Ukraine, but simply mentioned his name in response to a question from the press.
"Putin did not propose Schroder. The journalists asked him who, in his opinion, would be preferable. He replied that, in his opinion, it would be Schroder," Kremlin spokesman Dimitri Peskov wanted to clarify, according to the Russian news agency Interfax.
Along these lines, he stressed that "Putin did not push any initiative of this type," an idea that was not only rejected by Ukraine and Germany itself, but also, and generally, by its allies in Brussels. "That would not be very intelligent," said the EU High Representative for Foreign Policy, Kaja Kallas.
Even so, Peskov highlighted the emergence of these types of discussions within the European Union, when "just a few months ago they were not even happening," hinting that Kiev's partners in Brussels are now showing more interest in getting involved in negotiations from which, for the moment, they feel excluded.
These are talks that remain stalled and without significant progress, in which the United States acts as mediator, although they remain blocked by the open front maintained in Iran, in a context in which US President Donald Trump threatens to resume attacks if an agreement is not reached within a short period.