At January Foreign Affairs Council participants discussed the action plan against disinformation presented earlier (5.12.018). Ministers exchanged views on the implementation of the action plan, focusing on its external aspects. They underlined the need to build a common and holistic response to the security challenges posed by foreign interference, while respecting national approaches and protecting freedom of…
Tag: Federica Mogherini
Mogherini for “open new avenues” in Mediterranean
The EU top diplomat Federica Mogherini calls Mediterranean countries to work together on issues of migration: “we share a challenge and we can only solve and address this phenomenon if we take a cooperative approach based on partnership among equals”. "What happens around the Mediterranean and in the Mediterranean matters to the whole of Europe…
EU celebrates Migrants Day
On the occasion of International Migrants Day on 18 December, the European Commission and the High Representative made the following statement: “The history of humankind is a history of migration. For thousands of years people have migrated from one place to another, for a variety of reasons, and continue to do so: Today, there are…
Mogherini and Lavrov discussed INF Treaty
The EU top diplomat Federica Mogherini met Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, today in the margins of OSCE Ministerial Council in Milan. .@FedericaMog met with the Foreign Minister of the 🇷🇺Russian Federation, Sergey Lavrov, today in the margins of the 25th OSCE Ministerial Council in Milanhttps://t.co/5SqO3OegO1 pic.twitter.com/PeOrtsecnU — European External Action Service – EEAS 🇪🇺…
Half a billion EU aid to Afghanistan
The European Commission has today announced a financial package worth €474 million to support state building and public sector reforms, health, justice, and elections, as well as to address migration and displacement challenges in Afghanistan. Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development, Neven Mimica, made the announcement today at the Geneva Conference on Afghanistan, signing the…
EU supports Nobel Prize winners projects
The European Commission has announced an additional €5 million in support of concrete projects of the two 2018 Nobel Peace Prize laureates, Nadia Murad and Dr Denis Mukwege maintaining its commitment to women who are victims of sexual violence. This new support was announced in Brussels as the EU top diplomat Federica Mogherini and Commissioner for Development,…
EU delegation in Turkmenistan
Following a decision of Federica Mogherini, the head of the European External Action Service (EEAS) the EU will open a Delegation in Turkmenistan. This will take the number of EU Delegations around the world to 141 in total. 🇪🇺 #EU #CentralAsia Ministerial meeting is taking place in Brussels today: @FedericaMog hosting Foreign Ministers of #Kazakhstan…
Yemen in focus of EU diplomacy
“Today with the Foreign Ministers we will discuss first and foremost the situation in Yemen. I discussed yesterday on the phone with the Special Envoy of the United Nations for Yemen [Martin] Griffiths on how the European Union and the Member States can best support his work in this crucial moment that could be or become an…
EU regards Donetsk and Lugansk elections as illegal
“The EU considers the “elections” planned for 11 November 2018 in the non-government controlled territories of the so-called “Luhansk People’s Republic” and “Donetsk People’s Republic” as illegal and illegitimate and will not recognise them. The EU condemns these ”elections”, as they are in breach of international law, undermine the commitments taken under the Minsk agreements…
Europeans “deeply regret” US re-imposition of sanctions on Iran
“We deeply regret the further re-imposition of sanctions by the United States, due to the latter’s withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPoA)” – says the Joint statement by the EU High Representative Federica Mogherini and Foreign Ministers Jean-Yves Le Drian, Heiko Maas and Jeremy Hunt, and Finance Ministers Bruno Le Maire, Olaf Scholz…
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