'Let's not walk into Russia's trap,' says Kallas
The EU is in danger of walking into a Russian “trap” on Ukraine by rushing to choose a European envoy without prior unity on a strategy to deal with Vladimir Putin, Kaja Kallas has warned.
The EU’s foreign affairs chief issued her warning ahead of informal talks in Cyprus on Thursday, cautioning that the bloc risked getting drawn into a debate over who should talk to Russia rather than finding a common approach on dealing with Moscow.
“Russia wants us to discuss who talks to them. And they are already picking who is suitable for that,” she said before convening a meeting of European foreign ministers.
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