FILE PHOTO: EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas looks on, during her visit to attend a meeting on Syria, following the recent ousting of president Bashar al-Assad, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, January 12, 2025. REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed/File Photo

European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas pushed back on Wednesday against Donald Trump for saying that Europe lagged behind the U.S. in aid for Ukraine, and insisted the bloc must have a seat at the table when the time comes for peace talks.

BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 25. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas is set to visit Azerbaijan as part of a regional tour, a diplomatic source in Brussels told Trend. “A formal note has been sent to the Azerbaijani side,” the source added.

According to Turkish media reports, K. Kallas’ meetings with Turkish officials are expected to focus on EU-Turkey relations as well as the situation in the region – Syria, Gaza, Russia’s war against Ukraine.

The EU's top diplomat Kaja Kallas has issued an open invitation to the new US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to attend a meeting with the bloc in Brussels, officials said Friday.

Kallas said it is time to invest, telling an EU defence conference on Wednesday that "President Trump is right to say we don't spend enough". She added that the EU should "shoulder a fair share of responsibility" for Europe's security and that the US should remain a strong ally.

The European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaja Kallas, will visit Armenia soon. This was announced by Armenia’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Paruyr Hovhannisyan,

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union cannot rely on the United States to defend it and must increase military spending and security preparedness to help Ukraine and deter Russia from targeting any more of its neighbors, top EU officials warned on Wednesday.

The EU's top diplomat Kaja Kallas on Wednesday called for a new defence agreement linking the bloc with former member Britain -- as a "key partner" in facing the threat from Russia.

The European Union's top diplomat Kaja Kallas plans to meet Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Munich next month, in what is likely to be the first formal sit-down between the two sides since a changing of the guard in Brussels.

The European Union is in talks to revive a civilian mission to monitor the border crossing between Gaza and Egypt at Rafah following the announcement of the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said.