European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio discussed the Ukraine war, Iran and China on Tuesday in their first phone call since the Trump administration took office on Jan.

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In an interview with Reuters, Kallas refuted Trump’s remarks, emphasizing that Europe has been the largest donor. “By my calculations, we have provided over 134 billion euros to Ukraine. This makes us the largest international donor,

Ukrainian parliamentarian, leader of the European Solidarity party, Petro Poroshenko, has held a meeting with Vice-President of the European Commission and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas in Brussels,

Officials said Ms Kallas and Mr Rubio agreed on the need to maintain "maximum pressure on Moscow" over it's war on Ukraine. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Both officials agreed on the importance of “continuing to exert maximum pressure on Russia to achieve a just and sustainable peace in Ukraine.” The conversation also touched on the need to strengthen cooperation between the EU and the United States,

Kaja Kallas, the European Union's top diplomat, spoke by phone with Marco Rubio, the incoming US Secretary of State. Source: Kaja Kallas on X (Twitter), as reported by European Pravda Details: Kallas described the discussion with Rubio as a "good call".