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Incoming EU top diplomat Kaja Kallas (l) with European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen (Photo: ec.europa.eu)

Smiling Kallas takes aim at Russia and China, ahead of EU hearing

Hard on Russia and China, but soft on Israel and more focused on deal-making in Brussels than on shuttle diplomacy, former Estonian PM Kaja Kallas prepares to become the EU's new top diplomat. 

"I met her in her office in Tallinn ... a day before the full-scale invasion [in 2022] and we were on the same page: Russia will attack and we need to support Ukra...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

Incoming EU top diplomat Kaja Kallas (l) with European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen (Photo: ec.europa.eu)

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.

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