17.10.2024 Speaking to leaders at the EU Summit, the European Parliament president Metsola reiterated Parliament’s unwavering support for Ukraine. She called for a coordinated European approach to ensure the integrity of Schengen. On Ukraine “It has been almost 1,000 days of aggression in Ukraine. We will, and we must, keep standing with Ukraine – and…
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EU-Gulf Cooperation Summit
Brussels 17.10.2024 The first summit between the leaders of EU and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries took place in Brussels on 16 October, under the theme “Strategic partnership for peace and prosperity”. “We share a common goal – to promote growth and to generate more prosperity for our citizens” said the European Council President Charles…
Borrell: advancement of Ukraine Peace Formula
Luxembourg 14.10.2024 “We started our Foreign Affairs Council with the Ukranians Foreign Minister, Andrii Sybiha, who debriefed us on the situation in the battlefield. The Minister commented some elements of the Victory Plan that President Zelensky will present to the next European Council. We discussed and commented on how to advance the Peace Formula” said…
Borrell: nuclear war must be never fought
Brussels 11.10.2023 “The award of the Nobel Peace Prize to the organisation Nihon Hidankyo, a grassroots movement of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, serves as a reminder of the very severe consequences associated with nuclear weapons use and the responsibility that all States share to prevent such an occurrence from happening”, reads the…
Ukraine: MEPs for lifting weapons restrictions
Strasbourg 19.09.2024 Today in a resolution, MEPs express their will to lift current restrictions hindering Ukraine from using Western weapons systems against legitimate military targets in Russia. The text states that without lifting current restrictions, Ukraine cannot fully exercise its right to self-defence and remains exposed to attacks on its population and infrastructure. The resolution…
Lebanon: Borrell condemns electronic attack
Brussels 18.09.2024 “I firmly condemn today’s new attack via the explosion of a high number of electronic devices across Lebanon, which has caused several casualties and a high number of injuries. Once again, the indiscriminate method used is unacceptable due to the inevitable and heavy collateral damages among civilians, and the broader consequences for the…
Palestine: Abbas democratic deficit
02.09.2024 Brussels Although the EU top diplomat Josep Borrell is intensely critical towards the state of Israel, proposing to sanction some cabinet Ministers, he insists in omitting the looming problem of the Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas democratic deficit. During the latest Council of the EU Foreign ministers, Borrell put forward his proposal to sanction…
Pavel Durov arrest stirs whirlwind
Brussels 27.08.2024 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that relations with France are at their lowest level following the arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov at Le Bourget airport near Paris. The arrest has provoked a stream of condemnations from Russia, although the Kremlin tried to take control over Telegram in 2018. On Monday August…
Iran: EU joins de-escalation efforts
Brussels 06.08.2024 The EU diplomacy underscored the multiple efforts undertaken to de-escalate the tense situation in the Middle East, aggravated by Iran recent public vows to “punish” Israel, after an explosion took life of one the Hamas leaders, while visiting Teheran. However the European External Actions Service pressperson declined to mention any concrete actions, or…
Venezuela: EU non-recognition of elections results
Brussels 05.08.2024 “The European Union continues to follow developments in Venezuela with great concern. Reports from international election observation missions clearly state that the presidential elections on 28th July did not meet international standards of electoral integrity” reads the statement by the European top diplomat Josep Borrell on behalf of the EU on post-election developments….
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