“Communicating with all the neighbors is quite natural, but what I have to explain is unnatural,” she said in an interview with The Guardian.
According to Kaljulaid, Russia and Estonia have many common topics for discussion, and countries are interested in developing bilateral cooperation.
However, she rejected the "boycott policy" against Russia, which is carried out by some Baltic countries, including Lithuania and Latvia.
“It’s hard to say when you have to communicate with those whose values are so different from yours, and it’s so easy to point out that others don’t want to communicate with you ... I don’t want to be on the menu, I want to be at the negotiating table,” stressed the Estonian president.
Earlier, Estonian Foreign Minister Sven Mikser praised the decision to hold the Kaljulaid and Putin negotiations in Moscow.
Estonian leader visited Russia on April 18.
Later in Lithuania they advised Estonia to warn in advance about contacts with Russia.