RT reported that on March 20, EU foreign policy senior representative Kaja Kallas expressed her anger at Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's proposal to appoint a special delegate to negotiate Ukraine for peace.
At the Brussels summit (belgium), Prime Minister Sanchez supported the idea of appointing a special delegate to Ukraine, which had been previously proposed by Finland and Croatia. Speaking to the press, Mr. Sanchez emphasized that the EU needs a negotiating group and a voice representative on behalf of European citizens.
However, an EU diplomat said that Ms. Kallas was angry with Mr. Sanchez's opinion because she thought she was the right person to conduct negotiations with Russia and Ukraine.
Bloomberg also reported that Ms. Kallas felt offended and had a tense debate with the Spanish Prime Minister afterwards. So what am I here for? the EUs top diplomat said.
According to some sources collected by Politico, Kallas said that representing the EU was her duty and appointing a new factor was unnecessary.
The disagreement comes as EU countries feel left on the sidelines after US President Donald Trump restarted direct talks with Russia without going through the EU.
President Trump also had additional phone calls with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky this week. As a result, Trump reached a Russia-Ukraine deal to temporarily suspend attacks on each other's energy infrastructure within 30 days. However, Trump continued to reject a commitment to unconditional assistance to Kiev and did not provide any specific security guarantees.
In addition to diplomatic issues, controversy has also arisen over military support plans. Spain and Italy have rejected Kallas' proposal to mobilize an additional 40 billion euros ($43 billion) in military aid to Ukraine, saying it is too expensive.
Mr. Sanchez also criticized the European Commission's approach in the plan to mobilize up to 800 billion euros (868 billion USD) to "rearming" the EU. The Prime Minister emphasized that Europe needs to understand that the challenges in the Southern region are different from the Eastern border.
