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EU Needs to Mandate Envoy for Ukraine Peace Talks, Latvia Says

EU Needs to Mandate Envoy for Ukraine Peace Talks, Latvia Says
Bloomberg Markets Thursday 18 June 2026, 09:30 UTC By Aaron Eglitis 1 min read
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EU Needs to Mandate Envoy for Ukraine Peace Talks, Latvia Says Europe needs to appoint an envoy for peace talks with Russia to end the war in Ukraine when the time is right, Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs said. “Europe has to be at the table,” Kulbergs said in an interview with Bloomberg TV on Thursday in Brussels. “There should be one person if the peace talks are in place who has the political mandate to do that.”

EU Needs to Mandate Envoy for Ukraine Peace Talks, Latvia Says Europe needs to appoint an envoy for peace talks with Russia to end the war in Ukraine when the time is right, Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs said. “Europe has to be at the table,” Kulbergs said in an interview with Bloomberg TV on Thursday in Brussels. “There should be one person if the peace talks are in place who has the political mandate to do that.”
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