European leaders gathered Thursday in Brussels to debate the warfare in Ukraine and the EU’s safety together with financial, vitality, protection and overseas coverage points.
“These are decisive days for Europe, and we have a packed agenda … Of course, we will discuss Ukraine, how to get to a just and lasting peace. But we are challenged in our competitiveness and we are challenged in our security agenda,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen informed journalists forward of the assembly.
EU overseas coverage chief Kaja Kallas additionally burdened the significance of protection investments.
“If we invest enough in defense, if we build our capabilities, then it will also deter aggressors to attack us. If we don’t do that, weakness invites aggressor to attack,” Kallas mentioned.
She additionally welcomed the US President Donald Trump’s announcement on looking for further air defenses for Ukraine calling the transfer “extremely important.”
“We should at least start to have a really concrete step, not only words, but also in deeds that we are helping Ukraine right now, because the stronger they are on the battlefield, the stronger they are behind the negotiation table,” Kallas added.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez expressed his help for Europe’s position within the peace negotiations in Ukraine, saying he backs the Finnish proposal for Europe to hitch ongoing talks.
He additionally expressed his “strong dislike” of the time period “rearmament.”
“We need to communicate differently with our citizens when discussing the need to improve European security and defense capabilities. However, I do believe that the technological advancement we must pursue aligns well with the policies we have implemented over the past seven years of government,” he mentioned.
Latvian Prime Minister Evika Silina known as for open dialogue and negotiation and emphasised the US as a “transatlantic associate.
“US as well, needs strong Europe. And Europe needs strong US,” Silina mentioned.
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda urged extra European help for Ukraine and extra strain on Russia with a seventeenth package deal of sanctions.
Source: www.anews.com.tr