6/02/2017 The Council, chaired by the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, will discuss the situation in Ukraine. Ministers are expected to assess progress in the implementation of the reform agenda in Ukraine over the past year as well as EU support to the implementation of the Minsk agreements. MORE: Photos of…
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Mogherini to meet Lavrov
The EU top diplomat Federica Mogherini to meet Russian Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov in coming weeks, according to communication of the European External Action Service (EEAS). In view of the upcoming Foreign Affairs council on Monday, 6/2/2017, Mogherini discussed with Minister Lavrov a range of international issues, starting with the situation in Libya, and the perspectives…
Al-Sarraj request of EU funds: where is Gaddafi's gold?..
“The European Union supports the Government of National Accord and your work, Mr Prime Minister (Fayez Mustafa al-Sarraj), since the very beginning and is fully committed both here and on the ground to work with you for the benefit of all Libyans when it comes to security that we know very well is the first…
Mogherini: "Islam belongs in Europe"
The European Union disagrees with the travel restrictions introduced last week by the U.S. President’s Executive Order and will remain open to all those with the right to international protection, EU top diplomat Federica Mogherini told the European Parliament at plenary session in Brussels 1/02/2017. “As a good friend of the United States, I believe…
EU immigration dichotomy
The startling difference of approach toward migration crisis resolution between EU bureaucrats and national politicians representing opinions of their electorate shifts both policies into confrontational mode, beyond possibility of a compromise. “We have in Europe a history – and here I think I do not speak only for the European Union – that has told…
Brusssels-Belgrade-Pristina
Federica Mogherini, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy has invited Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić and Prime Minister Isa Mustafa to Brussels for another round of the High Level Dialogue for normalisation of relations between Belgrade and Pristina on Wednesday, 1 February 2017. During previous meeting on 24 January both sides agreed to leave the…
Migrant flows pressure on Europe to raise
This week European Commission put forward a package of ‘new’ proposals footed with 200 million euro to address problems of migration from North Africa. “It is essential that we all do more, all, meaning all together… and to suggest concrete actions that can be done and that can bring some positive results with an envelope…
EU-Libya: still no solution for migrants
On 24 January 2017, the High Representative Federica Mogherini met in Brussels with the United Nations Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya, Martin Kobler. Two top ranking international civil servants Federica Mogherini and Martin Kobler exchanged views on the political and security situation in Libya, and on the regional initiatives to support a…
Union for Mediterranean in Barcelona
Today the EU top diplomat Federica Mogherini will co-chair, together with Jordan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Ayman Safadi, the 2d edition of the Regional Forum of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) in Barcelona. #UfMRegForum @FedericaMog Mediterranean one of the most conflictual regions. If we lock borders and minds, this fragility won't disappear pic.twitter.com/CI16P0Sy51 —…
Gambia: EU supports Barrow
“Today the will of the Gambian people is being respected and the way for President Adama Barrow cleared. The positive and peaceful outcome of the post-electoral stalemate in The Gambia is the result of extraordinary regional and international coordinated efforts with ECOWAS in the lead”, – says joint statement by High Representative Federica Mogherini and…
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