EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas told AFP Tuesday that the US has not used up its "tools" to pressure Russia, as she accused Moscow of playing for time with its Easter truce in Ukraine.
Axar.az informs, citing RBC Ukarine, she said that the EU for its side would never recognise the peninsula -- seized by Moscow in 2014 -- as Russian.
Kallas' comments come in response to reports that the recognition of Crimea as Russian territory is being considered as part of a U.S.-backed proposal to end the war in Ukraine.
"Crimea is Ukraine," Kallas told the AFP.
"It means a lot for the ones who are occupied that others don't recognise this as Russian."
"Then Russia clearly gets what they want," she said.
Kallas said Washington should instead look to mount pressure on Moscow, rather than ceding to Kremlin demands.
"They have tools in their hands to use, actually, to pressure Russia. They haven't used those tools," she said.
"If they are now walking away without using the tools that they have actually in their hands, then my big question mark is, why? Why aren't they using the tools to really end this war?"
Source: en.axar.az
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