eu confirms new foreign minister, stance towards russia attracts attention
2024-09-18
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source: cankaoxiaoxi.com
reference news reported on september 18according to the russian free media network on september 17, european commission president von der leyen nominated former estonian prime minister kaja kallas as executive vice president for foreign affairs and other affairs on september 17. she had previously been nominated to succeed borrell as high representative of the eu for foreign affairs and security policy, whose term expires on december 1.
kaya kallas's father, sim kallas, became a member of the soviet communist party in 1972 and served as prime minister of estonia at the beginning of this century. just over a week ago, he gave up his position as a member of the estonian parliament and ended his political career.
the report mentioned that it was no secret that kallas' husband's company did business in russia, which was one of the reasons why the first female prime minister in estonia's history resigned.
interestingly, kallas, while prime minister, publicly urged all countries bordering russia not to buy anything from the russians, but estonia has exponentially increased its purchases of nickel from russia's norilsk nickel.
anton orlov, director of the institute for contemporary political problems, said: "i don't think the appointment of the former estonian prime minister will fundamentally change the relationship between russia and the eu. kallas is known for his anti-russian remarks. i don't rule out that her appearance will increase the aggressiveness of the eu's rhetoric. but frankly speaking, if we look back at the words and deeds of previous eu foreign ministers, including borrell, who is about to retire, we will find that they did not decide anything in principle. in fact, this position is just a beautiful plaque on the door of an empty office, a modern idle position."
orlov also does not rule out the possibility that kallas, who publicly displays full-blown russophobia, is actually a person who can ease tensions between russia and the eu. after all, building relations with a big country like russia in the political sphere is a direct task of the eu high representative for foreign affairs and security policy. (compiled by wei lianglei)
