Politico reports:
[https://www.politico.eu/article/uk-france-italy-vladimir-putin-talks-politics-diplomacy/]
UK splits with France and Italy over Putin talks
Foreign Minister Yvette Cooper says she wants to see signs that Moscow seeks peace before she’ll engage in diplomacy.
Hello.
What about the 2022 peace talks in Istanbul that the UK helped to undermine, resulting in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Russians and Ukrainians?
Anyway, even the Mekon (Germany's Merz) is now pushing for dialog with Russia as The Times of India reports:
[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/international/germanys-merz-urges-eu-to-rebalance-russia-ties-as-bloc-rethinks-isolation-strategy-ukraine-war/videoshow/126558863.cms]
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz signals a major policy reversal, calling on the EU to rebalance relations with Russia after years of isolation.
The UK clearly out of step with everyone else, even in the 'coalition of the willing' and Yvette Cooper is beginning to sound like one-hand clapping.