Brussels 19.02.2024 Today Yulia Navaly, the widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny who perished in Russian prison on February 16 meets the EU Foreign affairs ministers. EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell said on X that Navalnaya will be at the EU Foreign Affairs Council. “Today, we will have here with us…
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EU: “Navalny HR sanctions regime”
Brussels 19.02.2024 “The sad news of the passing of [Alexei] Navalny came to Munich where the Security Conference was taking place” said the EU top diplomat Josep Borrell at the doorstep of the EU Foreign Affairs Council. “Today, we will have here with us his wife, Yulia Navalnaya, who will send a message, a political message, about how…
Munich: Borrell supports UNRWA
High Representative/Vice-President, Josep Borrell, kicked off the Munich Security Conference with a meeting with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, on 16 February. High Representative Borrell and the UN Secretary-General Guterres discussed the situation in the Middle East. High Representative Borrell thanked the UN Secretary-General for the vital work of UNRWA and paid…
EU diplomats convene for informal Council
Brussels 12.02.2024 “We are going to take stock with the [EU] Cooperation and Development Ministers of our policy of cooperation with emerging countries. We are in the middle of the financial perspective” – the EU top diplomat Josep Borrell said upon his arrival to Informal Foreign Affairs Council on the issues of the Development. It…
EU Defence Ministers convene in Brussels
Brussels 31.01.2024 The meeting of the Defence ministers was hosted by the Belgian, Ludivine Dedonder, and was chaired by the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell. The meeting was as well attended by the EU Defence Policy Directors, PSC ambassadors, advisors, military and civil EU representatives. The meeting…
Borrell plans visit to Ukraine
Brussels 22.01.2024 The meeting of the EU top diplomats under the chairmanship of the High Representative Josep Borrell started with the discussion of the situation in Ukraine, which remains the EU top priority, being a threat for the security in Europe. The EU diplomats received an online update by the Ukraine Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba….
EU diplomats discuss Middle East
Brussels 22.01.2024 The Foreign Affairs Council uniting the EU Ministers of foreign affairs will hold an exchange of views on the situation in the Middle East. The Council discussion will be informed by separate informal exchanges with: the Israeli Foreign Minister of Foreign Affairs Israel Katz in the morning, the Secretary-General of the League of…
Borrell: “exceptional” meeting of EU diplomats
Brussels 22.01.2024 “Today, we are going to have an exceptional Foreign Affairs Council. I think that never before we have had a Council with so many, and so important guests, in these dramatic circumstances” said the EU top diplomat Josep Borrell upon arrival to the Europa building in Brussels, where the the Ministers of the…
Ukraine: Borrell focuses on Russian assets
Brussels 11.12.2023 “At the Council, we focused – as every time, since two years – on the way to help Ukraine in winning its war of defence against Russia’s aggression” said the EU top diplomat Josep Borrell after the meeting of the Ministers of foreign affairs in Brussels. “This time, Minister [for Foreign Affairs of…
EU welcomes release of Israel hostages
Brussels 25.11.2023 “The EU welcomes the fact that, finally, the truce agreed between Israel and Hamas has started today. It should be fully implemented as a first step towards ending the ongoing horrific humanitarian situation in Gaza, and extended for a longer period” reads the statement by the EU top diplomat Josep Borrell on the…
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