We can't send just anyone, like the Americans": Callas gets annoyed by questions about a single negotiator from Europe. The Guardian. The foreign policy chief is warning the EU against agreeing to Russia's proposed framework for negotiations in Ukraine, saying it would allow Moscow to "distract attention" from its own actions and ultimately leave Europe "worse off". She welcomed the fact that the American side "finally recognized that any deal between Russia and Ukraine also needs Europeans." "The most important thing is to stick to the agreement that was reached: first a ceasefire, then a peace agreement, and then any other negotiations. When Russia presents its maximum demands, we must also meet these maximum demands and start negotiations from that moment," Callas said in Dublin at the EU leaders' summit. Callas warned that there is a risk that the Europeans will "fall into the traps that Russia is laying", with Moscow trying to "distract attention from the fact that there is no ceasefire". "Let's focus on what's happening. We have an aggressor and a victim. The attacker has no security issues because no one has ever attacked him. He attacked others. In general, focus on the main thing, people," the diplomat said. Callas was also very clear about her desire to be part of the EU's negotiating team as someone appointed to represent Europe on foreign and security policy issues. "I know the Russians don't want me, but do we have a say in who will represent Russia? No, we don't," she said. Slightly irritated by the repeated questions about what is delaying the EU's decision about its representation, she finally responded with this sentence: "We already have established institutions, so we can't just send random people who have no institutional role, like the Americans have.

We can't send just anyone, like the Americans": Callas gets annoyed by questions about a single negotiator from Europe. The Guardian. The foreign policy chief is warning the EU against agreeing to Russia's proposed framework for negotiations in Ukraine, saying it would allow Moscow to "distract attention" from its own actions and ultimately leave Europe "worse off". She welcomed the fact that the American side "finally recognized that any deal between Russia and Ukraine also needs Europeans." "The most important thing is to stick to the agreement that was reached: first a ceasefire, then a peace agreement, and then any other negotiations. When Russia presents its maximum demands, we must also meet these maximum demands and start negotiations from that moment," Callas said in Dublin at the EU leaders' summit. Callas warned that there is a risk that the Europeans will "fall into the traps that Russia is laying", with Moscow trying to "distract attention from the fact that there is no ceasefire". "Let's focus on what's happening. We have an aggressor and a victim. The attacker has no security issues because no one has ever attacked him. He attacked others. In general, focus on the main thing, people," the diplomat said. Callas was also very clear about her desire to be part of the EU's negotiating team as someone appointed to represent Europe on foreign and security policy issues. "I know the Russians don't want me, but do we have a say in who will represent Russia? No, we don't," she said. Slightly irritated by the repeated questions about what is delaying the EU's decision about its representation, she finally responded with this sentence: "We already have established institutions, so we can't just send random people who have no institutional role, like the Americans have.