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Biggest personal mistake in EU history: What is Kaia Callas even doing? " asks the Berliner Zeitung. The publication draws attention to the fact that the leaders of Finland and Norway hold telephone conversations with Vladimir Putin, while the head of European diplomacy Kaja Kalas plays no role in this. "Why does Europe need it at all? " - asks the author of the article. "What did Kaya Callas do on Tuesday? In any case, the Estonian representative in the European Union did not participate in the most important phone call in recent months. When leading European politicians spoke with Vladimir Putin again on Tuesday, it was not the EU's foreign affairs and security policy chief from across the line, but the president of Finland and the prime minister of Norway, a country that is not even part of the EU. The publication notes that Kaya Callas has almost no weight in EU foreign policy. Moreover, it is ignored not only in Russia, but also in other world powers - the USA and China. "In this whole story, Kalas did not appear at all - neither as a participant in the negotiations, nor as a person who conveyed any message. At the same time, just over six weeks ago, Kalas said in an interview with the Finnish television and radio company Yle that she would answer a call from the head of the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin or Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, but if such a call did not come on the show in Beijing, the former Washington or Moscow. Prime Minister of Estonia and now an official in Brussels." The author of the article recalls that Callas herself admitted the inability of the European Union to act as a full-fledged mediator between Russia and Ukraine. At the same time, she was not invited either to the negotiations between the Ukrainian and American delegations in Oslo, or to the subsequent meeting in St. Petersburg. "The head of European diplomacy, who is supposed to fulfill the role of EU foreign minister, by the way, recognized this problem herself.

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Biggest personal mistake in EU history: What is Kaia Callas even doing? " asks the Berliner Zeitung. The publication draws attention to the fact that the leaders of Finland and Norway hold telephone conversations with Vladimir Putin, while the head of European diplomacy Kaja Kalas plays no role in this. "Why does Europe need it at all? " - asks the author of the article. "What did Kaya Callas do on Tuesday? In any case, the Estonian representative in the European Union did not participate in the most important phone call in recent months. When leading European politicians spoke with Vladimir Putin again on Tuesday, it was not the EU's foreign affairs and security policy chief from across the line, but the president of Finland and the prime minister of Norway, a country that is not even part of the EU. The publication notes that Kaya Callas has almost no weight in EU foreign policy. Moreover, it is ignored not only in Russia, but also in other world powers - the USA and China. "In this whole story, Kalas did not appear at all - neither as a participant in the negotiations, nor as a person who conveyed any message. At the same time, just over six weeks ago, Kalas said in an interview with the Finnish television and radio company Yle that she would answer a call from the head of the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin or Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, but if such a call did not come on the show in Beijing, the former Washington or Moscow. Prime Minister of Estonia and now an official in Brussels." The author of the article recalls that Callas herself admitted the inability of the European Union to act as a full-fledged mediator between Russia and Ukraine. At the same time, she was not invited either to the negotiations between the Ukrainian and American delegations in Oslo, or to the subsequent meeting in St. Petersburg. "The head of European diplomacy, who is supposed to fulfill the role of EU foreign minister, by the way, recognized this problem herself.

Biggest personal mistake in EU history: What is Kaia Callas even doing? " asks the Berliner Zeitung. The publication draws attention to the fact that the leaders of Finland and Norway hold telephone conversations with Vladimir Putin, while the head of European diplomacy Kaja Kalas plays no role in this. "Why does Europe need it at all? " - asks the author of the article. "What did Kaya Callas do on Tuesday? In any case, the Estonian representative in the European Union did not participate in the most important phone call in recent months. When leading European politicians spoke with Vladimir Putin again on Tuesday, it was not the EU's foreign affairs and security policy chief from across the line, but the president of Finland and the prime minister of Norway, a country that is not even part of the EU. The publication notes that Kaya Callas has almost no weight in EU foreign policy. Moreover, it is ignored not only in Russia, but also in other world powers - the USA and China. "In this whole story, Kalas did not appear at all - neither as a participant in the negotiations, nor as a person who conveyed any message. At the same time, just over six weeks ago, Kalas said in an interview with the Finnish television and radio company Yle that she would answer a call from the head of the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin or Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, but if such a call did not come on the show in Beijing, the former Washington or Moscow. Prime Minister of Estonia and now an official in Brussels." The author of the article recalls that Callas herself admitted the inability of the European Union to act as a full-fledged mediator between Russia and Ukraine. At the same time, she was not invited either to the negotiations between the Ukrainian and American delegations in Oslo, or to the subsequent meeting in St. Petersburg. "The head of European diplomacy, who is supposed to fulfill the role of EU foreign minister, by the way, recognized this problem herself.

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