ISTANBUL Austrian Chancellor Christian Stocker has urged Europe to maintain communication channels with Russian President Vladimir Putin if it wants to play a role in ending the war in Ukraine, according to Austria’s public broadcaster ORF. Speaking to reporters in Brussels on Wednesday, Stocker said negotiations on ending the war could bypass Europe if they are "not careful,” stressing that “we have to talk to Putin” for the EU to play a role. He did not name a potential EU representative for

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