EU should not be a mediator, says Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard

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EU should not be a mediator, says Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard
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"We will stand on Ukraine's side. It is obvious that Russia is not truly interested in peace," the Foreign Minister says as he heads to today's informal EU foreign ministers' meeting in Limassol, Cyprus.

Everyone from Angela Merkel to Alexander Stubb has recently been mentioned as possible EU representatives in talks with Moscow. However, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas warns against falling into a Russian trap, with talks that lead nowhere.

"We should not run to the negotiating table and let Russia set the conditions," Malmer Stenergard says.

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