EU chief diplomat says ‘not much happening’ in talks as she cautions against focus on personalities rather than strategy
But other foreign ministers appear somewhat divided on the concept of appointing a single EU negotiator for Russia.
Austria’s Beate Meinl-Reisinge said it was a necessary step as “the EU should not get ready.”
“It’s a trap that Russia wants us to walk into, that we discuss who talks to them, and they are already picking who is suitable, who is not. Let’s not walk into that trap.
Negotiations are always a team effort. You have good cops, you have bad cops, you have a strategy [on] how you go to the table, so that is why the substance is much more important.”
“This is what Russia does. Because it’s not really gaining ground on the battlefield, what they are doing now is really increasing the terrorist attacks, because you can’t really describe it in other ways, creating fear inside the society.
It hasn’t worked for four years, and I don’t think that it’s going to work now.”
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