Europe Haggles Over Who Will Represent It in Talks With Russia

After coveting a seat in the Ukraine war discussions, Europe is poised to get one. Deciding who should speak for the continent is its own negotiation. European leaders have waited on the margins of negotiations to end Russia’s war in Ukraine for months, eyeing a seat at the table.

Now they finally expect to get one, and they don’t know who should sit in it. Mr. Kushner’s dig reflected a harsh — and, for Europe, potentially embarrassing — reality that internal divisions could cost European officials time and influence.

Mr. Kushner and his fellow lead U.S. negotiator, Steve Witkoff, pushed this week to add the Europeans to the talks after Russia insisted during discussions in the United Arab Emirates that postwar security in Europe be a topic of negotiation.