Brussels: Europe and the Arabs
Kaya Kallas officially began her new position as the European Union's foreign and security policy coordinator. Yesterday, Sunday, early December, was the first day of assuming the position, succeeding the former Spanish coordinator, Josep Borrell. The first statement by Kallas was already issued in Brussels, addressing the situation in Georgia. Thus, the Estonian liberal Kallas replaced the Spanish socialist Borrell. The American Politico website said in its Brussels version this morning, "The former Estonian prime minister began her first week as the European Union's top new diplomat, but she has already shown a new approach to the role compared to her predecessor, the Spanish socialist Josep Borrell.
Thus, she became the first Eastern European in this position and the first Estonian to get one of the best jobs in the European Union.
I recall that during her tenure as prime minister in Estonia, Kallas was one of the strongest voices in the European Union condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and pushing for sanctions and sending military support.
Yesterday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed that his country needs more weapons and guarantees from NATO before it agrees to engage in negotiations with Russia to end Her invasion of Ukraine.

Zelensky’s remarks came after he met with the new EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas and the new European Council President Antonio Costa, who are making a symbolic visit to Kiev at the start of their mandates to express support for the country.
Kallas’s appointment came after the Renew Europe bloc, the liberal group to which she belongs, fell to the fourth largest political force in the European Parliament after disappointing results in the European elections in June.
She is married to Arvo Halik and has three children, two sons and a daughter. Her father, Siim Kallas, was also a politician, having served as prime minister of Estonia between 2002 and 2003 before becoming European Commissioner between 2004 and 2014.

At the EU Council meeting last June, she faced a negative vote from Italy’s Giorgia Meloni and an abstention from Hungary’s Viktor Orbán.
In January 2021, Kaja Kallas of the centre-right Reform Party became Estonia's first female prime minister, after parliament approved her appointment following the resignation of her predecessor Juri Ratas in light of an investigation into a real estate project. She is to govern the EU member state of 1.3 million people.