{"id":470678,"date":"2026-11-09T19:11:29","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T18:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2026\/11\/09\/kallas-al-g7-frena-sulle-attese-per-abu-dhabi-nessun-segnale-di-buona-volonta-dalla-russia\/"},"modified":"2026-11-09T19:24:33","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T18:24:33","slug":"kallas-at-the-g7-dampens-expectations-regarding-abu-dhabi-no-sign-of-goodwill-from-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/2026\/11\/09\/kallas-at-the-g7-dampens-expectations-regarding-abu-dhabi-no-sign-of-goodwill-from-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Kallas at the G7 dampens expectations regarding Abu Dhabi: “No sign of goodwill from Russia”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brussels \u2013 \u201cI don\u2019t have high expectations for these talks.\u201d On the eve of the new round of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine in Abu Dhabi, the European Union\u2019s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaja Kallas<\/strong>, makes no secret of her scepticism regarding the chances of reaching an agreement<\/strong>. \u201cWe have seen no concrete signs from Russia indicating a willingness to negotiate in good faith,\u201d she said today (9 November) at a press briefing in Paris, where she is attending the G7 foreign ministers\u2019 meeting<\/a>. The governments at the table will discuss Ukraine tomorrow, alongside the debate on the Middle East. <\/p>\n

The trilateral talks between Moscow, Kyiv, and Washington, scheduled for Tuesday (10 November) and Wednesday (11 November) in the capital of the United Arab Emirates, will, in fact, be mediated by the United States. This is not the first attempt at rapprochement to be hosted in the region: two rounds of talks were already held in Abu Dhabi last January and February, followed by a third meeting in Geneva, without leading to a breakthrough<\/strong>. This time, alongside the Russian, Ukrainian, and US delegations, representatives from Europe and NATO will also be present, while Kyiv has announced separate coordination meetings with its European partners. <\/p>\n

For Kallas, however, concrete signals from the Kremlin are needed before any agreement can be reached. The High Representative pointed out that Moscow has already signed over thirty agreements<\/strong> in which it has committed to respecting the sovereignty and territorial integrity of states, only to fail to honour them<\/strong>. \u201cWe would like to see a ceasefire so that we can truly sit down at the negotiating table, and we would also like to see a sign of goodwill from Russia, for example by stopping the killing of civilians every single day and the attacks on civilian infrastructure. So far, they have not done so,\u201d she added. <\/p>\n

Hence the call for Washington to step up the pressure on Moscow. \u201cWhat we hope is that the US will put pressure on Russia<\/a> too,\u201d explained Kallas, emphasising that the introduction of further US sanctions<\/strong>, in coordination with European ones, would have a <\/strong>\u201csignificantly greater<\/strong>\u201d impact. \u201cWars end when the aggressors run out of money,\u201d she observed, pointing to economic pressure as one of the means of bringing the conflict to an end. <\/p>\n

Also on the agenda in Paris is the future of the International Criminal Court (ICC), after the United States extended its sanctions to the institution<\/a>, in addition to the measures already adopted against judges and officials. This measure risks undermining the Court\u2019s operations in The Hague<\/strong>, including by restricting its access to the financial services and resources necessary to carry out its activities.<\/p>\n

Among the possible European countermeasures is the activation of the blocking statute<\/a>, the instrument that prevents European operators from complying with certain extraterritorial sanctions imposed by third countries<\/strong>. \u201cIt is one of the possible options,\u201d confirmed Kallas, while pointing out, however, that it would be \u201ca last resort.\u201d Brussels is seeking alternative solutions to ensure the continuity of the Court\u2019s activities. \u201cWe have six months, or slightly less, to identify alternative solutions that will enable the Court to continue operating. It is of fundamental importance to us that the International Criminal Court continues its work,\u201d she concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The EU High Representative has called on Washington to step up the pressure on Moscow, perhaps even through sanctions: \u201cWhat we hope is that the US will also exert pressure\u201d on the Kremlin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7896,"featured_media":467747,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"format":"standard","override":[{"template":"1","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","post_calculate_word_method":"str_word_count","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","show_comment_section":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","disable_ad":"0","subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"view_counter_number":"0","share_counter_number":"0","like_counter_number":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25707],"tags":[36579,36580,27877,26231,34031,26319,27337,36581,31897,28848,30463,30546,25803,25745,30781],"class_list":["post-470678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-politics","tag-abu-dhabi","tag-emirati-arabi","tag-politics-foreign-2-en","tag-g7-en-2","tag-kallas","tag-kiev-en-2","tag-middle-east-en","tag-ministri-degli-esteri","tag-mosca-en-2","tag-paris-en","tag-negotiations-of-peace-en","tag-pace-ucraina-en","tag-russia-in-2","tag-safety-en","tag-ukraine-in-2"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7896"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=470678"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":470679,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/470678\/revisions\/470679"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/467747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=470678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=470678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=470678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}