President of the European Commission Ursula von Der Leyen On Friday, she promised that Europe will “increase pressure” on Russian President Vladimir Putin until it has been peace. In the meantime, Russia and Ukraine have started the first direct negotiations since 2022. According to the AFP report, TASR reports this.
“We will increase the pressure,” Von Der Leyen told reporters at the European Political Community Summit (EPC) in Tirana, Albania. She stated that it is already working on a new package of anti -Russian sanctions. “We want peace and we have to increase the pressure on President Putin until it is ready,“She specified.
“We clearly see that Russia does not want peace and everyone else wants,” Kaja Kallas said in Tirana, Albanian Tirana for foreign affairs and security policy. “Political isolation is important for putting pressure on Russia, we must all be united in this respect,” she stressed.
NATO Secretary -General Mark Rutte told Putin that he had made a “big mistake”. “He knows very well that the ball is on his side that he is in the problem of making a big mistake when he sent this delegation at a lower level,“Rutte said in Tirana.” He should be seriously interested in peace. That’s why I think all the pressure on Putin is, “he said. In his words, it is “very good” that the Ukrainians came to the negotiating table. “They sent a delegation that is really willing to negotiate a ceasefire,” Rutte added.
