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Exclusive-No Appetite in EU for Energy Deals With Russia, Kallas Says

BRUSSELS, March 17 (Reuters) – ⁠There ⁠is no appetite ⁠in the European Union ​to strike deals with Russia on ‌energy amid soaring ‌prices, also not ⁠behind ⁠closed doors, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas ​said on Tuesday.

“I’ve been behind those closed doors and I ​don’t see this this appetite. And ⁠when ⁠we talk to ⁠Russia, ​of course, the most important thing is ​to ⁠first agree what we want to talk to them about,” Kallas said in an ⁠interview with Reuters.

“Because if we just go ⁠back to ‘business as usual’, we will have more of this, more wars. We have seen this before. So we have to be very vigilant and not actually give ⁠Russia what they want, because their their appetite will only grow.”

(Reporting by Andrew Gray, writing ​by Bart Meijer, Editing ​by Dominique Vidalon)

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