Shalva Papuashvili: Against the backdrop of the EU’s rhetoric, everything comes down to one question: Does Ukraine have the right to end the war on its own terms?

"By focusing on the US, Kaja Kallas bypasses the main fact: Ukraine is a party to the negotiations, and European security is also Ukraine’s security," writes the Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia, Shalva Papuashvili, on social media, sharing a quote card of the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaja Kallas, which states: "The US cannot negotiate the lifting of sanctions imposed against Russia on behalf of Europe; only Europe can make these decisions."

As Shalva Papuashvili notes, the EU's foreign and security policy is increasingly showing signs of immaturity and inconsistency.

"By focusing on the US, Kaja Kallas bypasses the main fact: Ukraine is a party to the negotiations, and European security is also Ukraine’s security.

What does this lead to? Ukraine, which Ms. Kallas calls the EU's first line of defense, is trusted to defend the EU's territory with its blood, yet not trusted to defend the EU's interests with words in negotiations?

And if Ukraine reaches peace in these negotiations on terms acceptable to it, one of the preconditions of which might concern EU sanctions, will the EU derail this agreement?

Against the backdrop of this EU rhetoric, isn't it clear that everything boils down to one question: does Ukraine have the right to end the war on its own terms?

It is clear that the EU's foreign and security policy is increasingly showing signs of immaturity and inconsistency. As a result, the EU is losing its role as a global political and economic player, and this is precisely the civilizational abyss it has long been warned about," Papuashvili writes.