If Europe were omitted in peace conversations between Russia and Ukraine, the agreement would not work, the head of EU foreign policy Kaja Kallas said CNBC at a security conference in Munich on Saturday.
“In the case of everything that can act, Ukrainians and Europeans must have as part of this, because Ukrainians and Europeans must also implement a contract here in Europe, so without us every agreement would not work,” said Silvia Amaro CNBC on the margin of MSC.
Kallas' comments appear after the US vice president JD Vance stunned by European officials on Friday, when he gave an exciting speech at the Ministry of Middle Kingdom, which slammed European democratic institutions and a state of freedom of speech in the region.
In a speech to MSC on Friday, Vance said The threat to Europe came from inside rather than from opponents.
“The threat that I am most worried about VIS and Europe is not Russia, they are not China, this is no other external actor. I'm worried about the threat from the inside, “he said, adding that” withdrawal from Europe from Europe with some of its most basic values, values shared with the United State of America. “
Needless to say, the comments met with a stony silence in Europe and were the strongest signal of the expanding ideological and geopolitical spread between two powers, since President Donald Trump came to power.
Earlier, the EU clerk Kallas responded to Vance's speech on Friday Saying that it is as if the vice president “tried to choose a fight” with Europe.
“Listening to this speech, they try to fight us and we do not want to choose the fight with our friends,” said Kallas at the event in Munich, Reuters said.
Kallas said CNBC on Saturday that Europe “can deal with our own home problems, what we need to discuss with our friends and allies is the way we oppose the threats that come from outside to us both, to the transatlantic community” .
Wolodymyr Zelenskyy, president of Ukraine, can be seen on the monitor during a security conference in Munich. 61. The Munich Safety Conference (MSC) will take place on February 14-16, 2025 at the Bayerischer Hof hotel in Munich.
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The world defense and security elite gathered in Munich at a three -day security peak, at which discussions focus on the future of Ukraine, peace conversations with Russia, and transforming the architecture of security and defense in Europe.
The summit is just a few days after Trump was announced Russia and Ukraine agreed to start peace talksAnd that he instructed American officials to start negotiations immediately.
The substance of these conversations and what conditions and compromises of Moscow and Kijiw – and the USA – may require as part of these negotiations, are the focal point for delegates in MSC.
The role of Europe will play in discussions, despite the insistence of Ukraine, that its most steadfast ally is included in the talks.
In a speech to the Ministry of Interior and Administration on Saturday, Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Zelensky called European allies to create his own army And prepare for greater Russian aggression in the future, saying that Russia “is not preparing for dialogue” to develop peace conversations.
He also claimed that Kiev had evidence in which he did not develop that Moscow was ready to send soldiers to Belarus this summer.