9 minutes agoEstonia prime minister resigns to become EU top diplomat
Periskopi(2 years ago)
(2 years ago)Estonia's prime minister, Kaya Kallas, resigned from his position to become chief of European Union foreign policy at the end of the year. Kallas, Estonia's first woman prime minister, resigned officially to President Alar Karis during a meeting at the Presidential Palace in Tallinn on Monday. Speaking of Callas ' time as [...]
Speaking of Callas' time as prime minister for a full three-and-a-half years, Karis said that “was a time full of crises, such as coronary, economic recession and war in Europe, when Russia destroyed the previous security picture with its aggression in Ukraine”.
Callas' resignation automatically triggered her triparty cabinet's resignation.
However, it will continue to serve as a technical government until the new cabinet is sworn in most likely in late July or early August. In its high position in the EU, Kallas will succeed the acting foreign policy chief Josep Borrell.
One of its tasks is expected to be mediation in dialogue for normalising relations between Kosovo and Serbia. In the past, Kallas has expressed the pro-European integration of Kosovo and has also stressed the need to improve relations with Serbia, saying that a safe Western Balkans “is in the interest of all of Europe”.
