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Twenty-three years ago today, Ethiopia and Eritrea, with the support of the international community, concluded the Algiers Agreement to establish peace and demarcate a common border. In 2018, in a historic peace agreement, both countries recommitted to respect the border as established by the Algiers Agreement and its subsequent Boundary Commission. On this anniversary, we reiterate our ful...
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Brussels, 11 December 2023 – The biomethane industry regrets lack of ambition for biomethane on Gas Regulation deal reached last Friday, as the Council's views prevailed over the provisions put forward by the European Parliament. The last trilogue on the Gas Regulation ended up with a missed opportunity to set higher ambition for biomethane, as lawmakers dropped out the EU biomethane target put fo...
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Good morning, Yesterday, we had a dinner with the leader of the Belarusian opposition, Sviatlana [Tsikhanouskaya]. [Now] I am going to have first a meeting with the Armenian Foreign Minister [Ararat Mirzoyan], because you know that after we have the Eastern Partnership meeting at the Ministerial level. So many things are happening in the whole region, it is important to continue to pay atten...
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The press briefing ahead of the EU-Western Balkans summit of 13 December 2023 will take place today Monday 11 December 2023 at 14.00. The press briefing ahead of the European Council meeting of 14-15 December 2023 will take place today Monday 11 December 2023 at 17.30. These briefings will be "off the record". The press briefings will take place in a hybrid format: EU accredited journalis...
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Dear Sviatlana, we are happy to see you again in Brussels, and welcome to our meeting with EU Foreign Ministers. We have a lot of problems around the world, the war in Gaza, the war in Ukraine, but we do not forget Belarus and its people. Belarus and its people are on our minds – not only tonight. In fact, we are working closely and are very much aware of the increasingly difficult si...
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The European Union unequivocally condemns today’s attempts to nullify the results of the general and presidential elections in Guatemala, based on spurious allegations of fraud. An EU Election Observation Mission observed the entire electoral process, at the invitation of the Guatemalan authorities.  It concluded that the elections were transparent and well organised, and found no basis wha...
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The Council has approved an agreement reached with the United Kingdom which secures the fishing rights of EU fishers in the Atlantic and the North Sea. The timely conclusion of the annual consultations for 2024 will ensure stability and certainty for EU fishers and for the industry. "Our agreement with the United Kingdom secures important fishing opportunities for our fishers and was reached th...
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Today (8th December), the European Commission, Council of Ministers and European Parliament reached a final agreement on the Hydrogen and Decarbonised Gas package, a regulation and directive that will shape the market for hydrogen transmission, distribution, and storage. This agreement concretises the EU’s 2020 Hydrogen Strategy and represents a major step in the development of hydrogen infrast...
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On 9 December 1948, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously adopted the Genocide Convention. Seventy-five years later, despite numerous efforts to address the root causes of this tremendous crime, we continue to witness expressions of exacerbated nationalism, hate speech, xenophobia, and racial and ethnic profiling worldwide.  This is a day to renew the call on all 152 parties to th...
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The press briefings ahead of the EU-Western Balkans summit of 13 December 2023 and ahead of the European Council meeting of 14-15 December 2023 will take place on Monday 11 December 2023 starting at 14.00. These briefings will be "off the record". The press briefings will take place in a hybrid format: EU accredited journalists will be able to participate and ask questions either in person at t...
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