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European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said she cannot imagine European countries forming a separate army, amid renewed calls for a common European force. Speaking in Brussels, she responded to recent remarks by Defence Commissioner Andrius Kubilius, stressing existing security frameworks.

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00:00Well, every European country has an army, and 23 countries.
00:05These armies are also part of NATO structures, so I can't imagine that...
00:10...countries will create a separate European army, so it has to be the...
00:15...armies that already exist. So we need to see how that works in practice.
00:20For me, it is understandable that in military you have to have...
00:25...a very straight and understandable chain of command, so that when...
00:30...whenever something happens, it's clear who gives orders to whom.
00:33If we create parallel structures...
00:35...then it's just going to blur the picture, and in times of trouble...
00:40...the orders might fall between the chairs. We are putting new sanctions...
00:45...on the list, and I also expect that we agree on listing...
00:50...the Iran Revolutionary Guard on the terrorist list. This will put them...
00:55...on the same footing with Al-Qaeda, Hamas, Daesh...
01:00...if you act as a terrorist, you should also be treated as a terrorist.
01:05These risks have been calculated...
01:10...so, you know, the diplomatic part is out of this...
01:15...and the Revolutionary Guard, I mean, also the interactions with the foreign ministers...
01:20...are not under this. So, the estimate is that...
01:25...still the diplomatic channels will remain open even after the listing of...
01:30...the Revolutionary Guard.
01:35...the
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