The bloc must reopen communication with Moscow to have any say in the Ukraine conflict settlement, Edi Rama has said The European Union made a “big strategic mistake” by severing all communication with Russia after the escalation of the Ukraine conflict, Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama told Politico in an interview published on Friday. The bloc intensified its sanctions pressure and cut off diplomatic engagement with Moscow in 2022, moving to back Kiev with hundreds of billions of dollars in financial and military aid. “Europe has to be always, always, always talking to everyone,” Rama told Politico at the Delphi Economic Forum in Greece, arguing that the EU shot itself in the foot when it “cut every channel with Russia.” The “more we postpone it, the less we’ll have a say at the end, because Russia – however this war ends – Russia is not going anywhere,” he said, adding that he was being frank because his country has no “dependence on Russia.” Several EU leaders, including French President Emmanuel…