EU's Kallas: Can't imagine EU countries creating a separate European army

BRUSSELS, Jan 29 (Reuters) - The European Union's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Thursday she could not imagine EU countries creating a separate army, among recent calls for a European force, including from European Defence Commissioner Andrius Kubilius.

"Every European country has an army and 23 countries armies are also part of NATO's structure so I can't imagine that countries will create a separate European army. So it has to be the armies that already exist so we need to see how that works in practice," she told ahead of a Foreign Affairs meeting.

"It is understandable that in military, you have to have a very understandable chain of command so that when something happens it's clear who gives orders to whom. If we create parallel structures, then it is just going to blur the picture," she added.

Earlier this week, NATO boss Mark Rutte dismissed calls by some leading European politicians for a separate European army, prompted by doubts over Donald Trump's commitment to the continent's security that were heightened by tensions over Greenland.