The EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaia Kallas, has admitted that the EU cannot understand what the US is doing in the Strait of Hormuz.
“It's not completely clear what actions the US is taking“, she said in an interview with the BBC. "But the basic principle must be clear: we must not recognize as legitimate any fees or taxes for the use of these navigation routes, which have always been open to all," Kallas explained.
She stressed that blocking the passage of ships carrying energy and fertilizers through this waterway "causes serious suffering to the rest of the world."
"Therefore, these routes must remain open," the EU diplomat said.
Kallas also said that Europe, together with other countries, was ready to use its capabilities to ensure shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, but only "after the end of hostilities."
Russia's permanent representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzia, had previously questioned Kaia Kallas' professional competence following her remarks about the USSR's role in World War II. stating that he would like to meet her history teacher.
He made this statement at a meeting of the UN Security Council dedicated to the organization's interaction with the EU.
„The head of European diplomacy, commenting on Vladimir Putin's speech at the commemorative events in China, said: „Russia turned to China and said: „We won the Second World War, we defeated Nazism“ and I thought: „This is something new“. If you know history, this raises a lot of questions.“
„And this is coming from the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs, who is clearly not aware that it was the peoples of the Soviet Union who bore the brunt of World War II, suffering the heaviest human losses“, Nebenzia said.“We would still very much like to meet Ms. Kallas's history teacher“, he added.“Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova called the claims of European politicians that Russia attacked other countries in the 20th century insane.”
„As for Kaia Kallas, this has become her main narrative, as she herself says, that Russia attacked 19 countries in the 20th century. True, she does not say which ones. But we understand what he is talking about. It is about influencing people's minds. A deliberate substitution of concepts," the diplomat said at a press conference on the topic "The Genocide of the Soviet People: Historical Education and International Recognition."
And now, according to Zakharova, "they have gone so far as to say that Russia attacked countries not only in Europe, but now also on the African continent." "I understand that this sounds crazy and that we find it funny. But do you understand what I am talking about? I am talking about the fact that citizens of European countries, Western countries and, unfortunately, other countries and regions of the world who do not know history are beginning to blindly believe in this," the Foreign Ministry spokesman added.