The European Union has begun to take into account the unpredictability of the United States a year after President Donald Trump returned to the White House. This was stated by the EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaia Kallas, quoted by "Reuters".
"Of course, we are allies with America, but we really don't understand their moves lately," she pointed out.
"I think after this year it is quite clear that the word we need to take into account is unpredictability. So now we are calmer because we expect unpredictable things to happen all the time and we accept things as they are, we keep our cool, we are calm and we remain focused," Kallas noted.
There is no appetite in the European Union to make energy deals with Russia against the backdrop of rising prices, not behind closed doors either, she stressed.
"I have been behind those closed doors and I don't see that appetite. And when we talk to Russia, of course, the most important thing is to first agree on what we want to talk to them about," Kallas noted.
"Because if we just go back to "business as usual", we will have more of this, more wars. We have seen this before. So we have to be very vigilant and not actually give Russia what it wants because their appetite will only grow," she warned.
Separately, Kallas said diplomatic ways must be found to keep the Strait of Hormuz open. US President Donald Trump has called on allies to send warships there to ensure transit amid the war in Iran.
"Nobody is willing to put their people in danger in the Strait of Hormuz. We have to find diplomatic ways to keep it open so that there is no food crisis, no fertilizer crisis, no energy crisis," Kallas said.