{"id":16364,"date":"2025-08-12T11:01:37","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T08:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mongolianews.mn\/?p=16364"},"modified":"2025-08-12T11:01:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T08:01:37","slug":"eus-kallas-urges-pressure-on-russia-ahead-of-putin-trump-talks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mongolianews.mn\/?p=16364","title":{"rendered":"EU\u2019s Kallas urges \u2018pressure on Russia\u2019 ahead of Putin-Trump talks"},"content":{"rendered":"

The diplomat has claimed the bloc is working on \u201cmore military support for Ukraine\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has called for more pressure on Moscow ahead of a summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart, Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

Foreign ministers of the bloc\u2019s member states held an urgent video-conference on Monday, after it was announced that the Russian and US leaders will meet face-to-face in Alaska on August 15 to discuss the Ukraine conflict and other issues.<\/p>\n

Following the discussions, Kallas issued a post on X to offer the bloc\u2019s \u201csupport for US steps that will lead to a just peace\u201d<\/em> between Moscow and Kiev.<\/p>\n

\u201cTransatlantic unity, support to Ukraine and pressure on Russia is how we will end this war and prevent future Russian aggression in Europe,\u201d<\/em> she insisted.<\/p>\n

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EU preparing new Russia sanctions \u2013 Kallas<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n

According to the foreign policy chief, the EU is currently working on \u201cmore sanctions against Russia, more military support for Ukraine, and more support for Ukraine\u2019s budgetary needs and accession process to join the EU.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

On Monday, Trump confirmed he will consult with Ukraine\u2019s Vladimir Zelensky and the leaders of Kiev\u2019s Western European backers before his summit with Putin. \u201cI am going to get everybody\u2019s ideas. I go into that thing fully loaded right up there \u2013 and we\u2019re going to see what happens,\u201d<\/em> he said.<\/p>\n

The comments by Kallas echoed a joint statement \u201con peace for Ukraine,\u201d<\/em> issued on Sunday by the leaders of France, Germany, the UK, Poland, Italy, and Finland, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.<\/p>\n

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova responded by describing the statement as \u201canother Nazi-style pamphlet,\u201d<\/em> noting that the cessation of hostilities demanded by the EU and UK does not include stopping the supply of weapons to \u201cKiev terrorists.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Moscow has repeatedly said it is interested in a peaceful resolution to the Ukraine conflict, but has insisted that the root causes of the crisis must be addressed in order to bring a permanent and stable peace. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov previously said that \u201cunlike [Western] Europe\u2026 which completely ignores the root causes of the current situation, in the US there is a desire to get to the bottom of this issue.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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