European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas risks losing her position as head of the EU delegation at talks on Ukraine following Russian President Vladimir Putin’s conversations with Finland's President Alexander Stubb and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store, TASS reported citing the editorial team of the L’AntiDiplomatico portal.
The article notes that the Russian leader’s conversations with representatives of Finland and Norway, held in the absence of the bloc’s top foreign policy official, point to deep divisions in the European Union’s foreign policy.
The bloc has failed to develop a unified policy toward Russia over the past several years, calling into question Brussels’ ability to represent the diplomatic interests of European countries, the portal stressed. As a result, individual EU member states prefer to establish direct communication with Moscow, while the European Union risks being left on the sidelines of events shaping the community’s future, L’AntiDiplomatico concluded.
