Europe needs to take leadership on issues that directly affect its own territory, including Ukraine.
Pia Kauma, President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, stated this in an exclusive interview with Ukrinform.
“I think the objectives of the United States, as they define them, to be stronger and gain economic profit in all their relations, are not exceptional because I believe all nations think alike. It’s a question of how you implement that kind of policy and whether you think short-term or long-term,” Kauma commented on how the new U.S. foreign policy will affect security and cooperation in Europe.
She said that what Europe is aiming for here is “to achieve and restore long-term peace in Ukraine, not just a ceasefire or truce, followed by a return to a hot war in Europe a few years later.”
“We also need Europe to take leadership on issues that directly affect our own territory, including Ukraine. This is not only about Ukraine; it’s about Europe and what will happen here in the coming years, and we need to take charge,” said Kauma.
She added, “We have been lacking leadership so far, and I really hope that one of the heads of state will step up and provide that leadership”. “If that’s not possible, then we must rely on our European Commission to take the lead,” the OSCE PA President noted.
As Ukrinform reported, the U.S. President said that European countries would be responsible for supplying military aid to Ukraine in the future, adding that he believed in a quick end to the war.
