Burrell: Not all EU members consider Russia a “threat”.
| The European Union's foreign policy chief admitted that not all members of the bloc see Russia as the "biggest threat" to Europe. |
report Mehr News Agency Quoting Rashatudi, EU foreign policy official Joseph Burrell admitted that all member countries of this bloc, Russia They don’t know the main “threat” against the European continent, he said that even some consider Moscow a “friendly country” and this is dangerous!
Burrell, pointing out that he is witnessing more confrontation and less cooperation in global relations and affairs, said: When it comes to Russian President Vladimir Putin and the war in Ukraine, some countries do not want to follow Brussels!
He claimed: Today, Putin is a threat to all of us that endangers our existence. If Putin succeeds in Ukraine, he will not stop there. Russia’s victory will undermine European security. However, not everyone in the EU thinks so!
The senior EU diplomat added: Some members of the European Council say that “No, Russia is not an existential threat. At least in my opinion, it is not like that, and I personally consider Russia a good friend”! In a union where consensus rules, our policies towards Russia are always “threatened” by just one dissenting vote, and that one vote is enough!
The European Union has imposed several rounds of sanctions against Moscow since the start of the Ukraine war in February 2022. However, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his Slovak counterpart, Robert Fico, refused to send weapons to Ukraine and insisted on a diplomatic solution to the war.
Budapest also blocked the approval of the EU’s $54 billion aid package for Ukraine for months, but Orban finally approved it in February This year, he had to agree and withdraw his veto!
At the beginning of the week, French President Emmanuel Macron once again talked about the possibility of sending troops from NATO to Ukraine. And he claimed that “the survival of Europe is at risk.”
