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NATO offers the best security warranty For Ukraine, the head of the Union of Kallas said.

She thus objected to US President Donald Trump's statements, who dismissed the possibility of joining the Alliance for Kiev.

« Why are we in NATO? It's because we are afraid of Russia. And the only thing that really works – the only security guarantee that works – is NATO umbrella, » Kallas said.

In an interview with AFP, the EU diplomacy chief also warned that Europe would not be able to help Ukraine with a possible peace agreement if it is not part of the negotiations. It responded to interviews between Washington and Moscow, which have so far been carried out without the presence of representatives of Ukraine and Europe.

Trump said on Wednesday that Kiev can « forget » to join NATO. « I think this is probably the reason why (war in Ukraine) started, » he added, and reiterated the statements of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who justified the Russian invasion three years ago by the potential membership of Ukraine in NATO.

« These allegations are completely false, » Kallas said. « My question is why we should give Russia what it wants, moreover, to what it has already done – it has occurred to Ukraine, annexed the territory, occupied the territory, and now offer something else, » she added.

« Take yourself that in the US, after September 11 (2001), they would sit with Osama bin Laden and said to him, 'Okay, what else do you want?' I think it is unimaginable, « explained European diplomacy chief.

Russia insists that the US promised not to expand NATO at the end of the Cold War, recalls AFP. (TASR)