On Friday 29 August, EU High Representative Kaja Kallas called for the 30-day period between the notification by Germany, France and the United Kingdom (E3) of the triggering of the ‘snapback’ mechanism the previous day and the application of the related sanctions, to be used to move diplomacy forward (see EUROPE B13697A3).
“We are entering a new phase. These 30 days are now giving us also the opportunity to really find diplomatic ways to find a solution”, “how we go forward”,...