Kallas said that Russia’s support of Iran shows why Europe needs to keep up the pressure on the Kremlin with respect to the war in Ukraine.
“If America wants the war in the Middle East to stop, Iran to stop attacking them, they should also put the pressure on Russia so that they are not able to help them in this,” she said.
Europeans have grown more critical of the U.S. decision to strike Iran and the ensuing spike in global energy prices. Earlier Thursday, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said that Berlin was ready to support peace efforts in Iran, but warned that he saw no clear exit strategy for the conflict.
The Iran conflict “is a real huge risk for rising and increasing instability in the region, and that has always an impact, as we know from history, for the entire world,” Pistorius said.