Kaja Kallas, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, has said that in agreeing to peace talks, Russia is trying to avoid sanctions announced by US President Donald Trump, and it will not end its war against Ukraine until it feels pressure from the United States.

Source: Kallas in a statement obtained by European Pravda

Details: Kallas said pressure from the US president could change the course of Russia’s war against Ukraine, since Russia has agreed to peace talks in order to avoid American sanctions.

Quote: “Moscow hopes its offer for dialogue will help avoid US sanctions. But Russia’s history of broken pledges and treaties has created deep distrust on both sides of the Atlantic.”

Details: Kallas noted that “President Trump’s stance on Russia has hardened”.

“US pressure on Moscow could turn this war around. Moscow won’t stop unless they feel they can’t continue,” the EU’s chief diplomat stressed.

Background:

On Monday 11 August, Kallas will convene a meeting of European foreign ministers to discuss the next steps regarding the peace process in Ukraine.The Trump-Putin meeting is scheduled to take place in Alaska on 15 August amid media reports that Washington and Moscow are apparently seeking an agreement to end the war in Ukraine that could cement Russia’s occupation of part of its territory.In response, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that “the answer to the Ukrainian territorial question is already in the Constitution of Ukraine”.On the night of 9-10 August, a joint statement addressed to Trump and Putin was released by the leaders of France, Italy, Germany, Poland and the UK, the president of the European Commission, and the president of Finland.

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