Kallas says Russia’s calls for security talks 'a trap'

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The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy said that allegedly "any kind of discussion about the European security architecture" will only "divert the attention away" from Brussels’ core demand

LONDON, November 13. /TASS/. Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s top diplomat, has called on EU countries not to discuss the continent’s security with Russia, saying that Moscow is leading the EU into a "trap."

Kallas said upon arrival at an informal EU summit in Dublin on Friday that allegedly "any kind of discussion about the European security architecture" will only "divert the attention away" from Brussels’ core demand - "first a ceasefire," everything else after. She went even further and claimed that the very possibility of negotiations on European security was a "trap that Russia is setting for us," and that the EU should not be duped into doing so.

Earlier in Dublin, she confirmed that she is still fully committed to potentially representing the EU in talks with Russia and considers herself, in her own words, a "strong negotiator."

Over the past 24 hours, several European officials made harsh public statements in various forms against the very idea of revising the architecture of European security. Head of the European Council Antonio Costa argued that there is no need to reinvent the wheel, European Commissioner for Defense Andrius Kubilius said that for security in Europe Russia has to be made "non-aggressive," and head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen openly refused to answer questions about European security when approaching the media in Dublin.

According to the Financial Times, citing officials, behind the scenes, things are much different. Privately, the EU has indicated that it is willing to discuss agreements with Russia limiting the deployment of certain types of missiles, the newspaper says. According to the publication, the Europeans are also open to consultations on restoring conflict prevention mechanisms that existed during the Cold War era.

On November 12 in Brussels, at a meeting with representatives of the diplomatic corps of friendly countries of the world majority Russia’s Acting Permanent Representative to the EU Karen Malayan…

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