Russia-Ukraine peace talks may start this winter - Polish PM Tusk

Reuters reports.

According to Tusk, Warsaw will take an active part in any negotiations when it assumes the rotating EU presidency on January 1.

"I will have a series of talks concerning primarily the situation beyond our eastern border," he told a government meeting

"As you can imagine, our delegation will be co-responsible for, among other things, what the political calendar will look like, perhaps what the situation will be like during the negotiations, which may, although there is still a question mark, start in the winter of this year.”

The Polish prime minister also announced that French President Emmanuel Macron will visit Warsaw on Thursday. The visit will focus on the outcome of Macron's recent talks with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Paris.

In particular, he said that he was in constant contact with his Scandinavian and Baltic counterparts, and announced the visit of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer to Warsaw at the beginning of Poland's EU presidency.

"I really want Poland to be the country that will not only be present, but will set the tone for these decisions that are to bring us security and secure Polish interests," Tusk said.

• On October 24, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that during his country's presidency of the Council of the European Union, which begins in January, the "key focus" will be on the bloc's enlargement.