European leaders on November 6, 2026, firmly rejected any attempt by the United States and Russia to reshape the continent’s security architecture without them, after US President Donald Trump suggested Washington could be nearing a sweeping agreement with Moscow that extends beyond Ukraine.
“Might involve all of Europe”
Speaking on November 5, Trump called a potential deal “very big” and said: “I could even say it might involve all of Europe.” Special envoy Jared Kushner said Washington was working on a broader European security architecture to support a lasting peace, and that the US would consult Europeans on the sidelines of upcoming talks in Abu Dhabi before moving toward a multilateral format with direct European participation if progress is made.
European pushback
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said: “We already have a European security architecture in place.” Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski called an arrangement over Europe’s heads “impossible,” and the European Commission said the EU would determine its own security matters.
Kyiv: Russia is no guarantor
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said Moscow cannot be a guarantor of European security. “There will be no second Yalta or Munich,” he told a meeting of Black Sea states.
Ahead of Abu Dhabi
The dispute came days before trilateral talks between Ukraine, the US and Russia in Abu Dhabi, as Russia continued to seek the exclusion of European representatives from peace negotiations.
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