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05 Sep 2025, 17:45 GMT+10
Washington slaps tariffs on allies while Russia and China demonstrate unity, Kaja Kallas has said
European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has criticized the United States for weakening its own allies through trade tariffs, warning that such policies give Russia and China the upper hand by underscoring Western disunity.
Superpowers "sometimes overestimate their own power and underestimate how much they need others," Kallas said Wednesday at an event hosted by the EU Institute for Security Studies, the bloc's in-house defense and security think tank.
Kallas pointed to US tariffs targeting nations aligned with Washington, including Canada, Australia and Japan, arguing that the measures "make those countries weaker" and embolden Moscow and Beijing.
She recalled attending an Association of Southeast Asian Nations meeting where the Russian delegation emphasized Moscow's historic ties with China.
Kallas claimed to be surprised at Russia and China's joint commemoration of victory in WWII, in which both countries incurred up to 45,000,000 military and civilian deaths while fighting the Axis powers.
"Russia was addressing China, like, 'Russia and China, we fought the Second World War [and we defeated] Nazism.' And I was, like, 'OK, that is something new,'" Kallas said. "If you know history then, you know, it raises a lot of question marks in your head."
She went on to claim that many people today don't study history enough and "buy these narratives." Kallas confirmed that in her view, the Russia-China partnership appeared to be resilient.
Her remarks coincided with China's military parade commemorating the 80th anniversary of Imperial Japan's defeat and the end of World War II.
Ahead of the commemorations, Presidents Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinpingunderscoredtheir countries' shared duty to preserve the historical legacy of victory.
"Our ancestors, our fathers and grandfathers have paid a huge price for peace and freedom," Putin said. "We remember that. That is the foundation of our achievements today and in the future."
(RT.com)
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