Kaja Kallas rules out energy deals with Russia

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas stated that she does not see any desire among the bloc’s countries to conclude agreements with Russia regarding energy, even “behind closed doors.”

She said this in an interview with Reuters, CE Report quotes Ukrinform.

“I've been behind ⁠those closed doors and I ​don't see this appetite. ​And when we talk to Russia, of course, the most important thing is ​to first agree what we ​want to talk to them about,” Kallas said.

According to her, if we go back to “business as usual”, “we will have more wars.”

“We have seen this before. ​So we have to ​be ⁠very vigilant and not actually give Russia what they want, because ⁠their appetite will ​only grow,” Kallas added.

As reported, EU Commission spokesperson Paola Pinheiro stated that since the beginning of the escalation in the Middle East and the serious disruptions in oil supplies through the Strait of Hormuz, Russia has been additionally earning $150 million per day from oil sales.