Khaberni - Kaja Kallas, the European Union's Commissioner for Foreign Policy, stated that the union is working towards achieving lasting peace in many conflict zones around the world by building trust between parties and activating international law rules, which are facing significant criticisms.
In an interview with Al Jazeera, Kallas added that the world needs to transform peace from slogans to reality, and that the union is attempting to achieve this in the Gaza Strip by supporting the Palestinian Authority and adhering to the two-state solution.
She pointed out that the ceasefire in the sector has received significant international support, but it faces problems in implementation because the majority of countries do not want to take responsibility for disarming the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), with the force of international stability.
Kallas explained that the only solution currently from the union’s perspective is to train local police to undertake this task, noting that the European Union is ready to participate in their training.
Regarding the non-application of international law to Israel while Europeans seek to apply it to Russia, Kallas said that international law is facing significant criticisms currently, and that the union is trying to work on activating it in various issues and all regions of the world from Ukraine to Gaza, Sudan, and Congo.
Pressure on Russia
Regarding the Ukrainian war, Kallas said that Ukraine wants peace more than anyone as most Russian attacks target civilian infrastructure and schools, while Moscow refused an unconditional ceasefire that Kyiv accepted for negotiations, according to her statement.
On the military weakness that the European Union is experiencing, which even U.S. President Donald Trump has spoken about, Kallas said that the war ceases when the aggressor party is unable to fund it, and that the union is trying to compensate for military disparities with more economic pressure on Moscow.
The European Union's Commissioner for Foreign Policy clarified that Europe will continue to tighten sanctions and target all channels through which Moscow can fund the war, including the oil and gas sectors and Russian assets frozen abroad.
Kallas concluded by emphasizing the necessity for Russia to make concessions for peace, and to stop its attacks on neighboring countries, which she said have never stopped over the past decades.
