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The EU has been closely following growing tensions between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the past few weeks, with daily shooting incidents reported along their international border, in addition to similar incidents on the Karabakh Line of Contact. The near total blockage of the Lachin corridor, in place since 15 June is very worrying. It directly threatens the livelihoods of the local populat...
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First of all, I want to thank the Swedish Presidency for reaching out and inviting me here and I was very happy to spend the lunch together with members of the General Affairs Council where I have provided our oral update, something that we have undertook as a commitment back in December. Because as you know, a year ago, the European Council has decided very clearly that there is European perspect...
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The Commission welcomes the Council's adoption of an 11th package of sanctions against Russia. This package will ensure that EU sanctions against Russia are even better enforced and implemented, based on the lessons learned from implementation over the past year. The 11th package has these key elements: TRADE MEASURES New anti-circumvention tool: this will allow the EU to restrict...
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The President of the European Council Charles Michel today welcomed Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili’s decision to pardon Nika Gvaramia as an essential step towards depolarisation in Georgia. He also welcomed Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili’s reconfirmation that Georgia won’t seek to adopt the foreign influence law. The Georgian Parliament’s decision to not pass the deoligarchisati...
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The 43rd session of the Joint Parliamentary Assembly among the African, Caribbean and Pacific countries and the European Union (ACP-EU JPA) is about to kick off in Brussels. As of Saturday the 24th until the 28th, the summit will represent an important occasion to raise animated debates and put forward possible common solutions to face global crises like climate change, terrorism, food security, p...
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Following the recent developments in the north of Kosovo, High Representative/Vice President Josep Borrell, supported by EU Special Representative Miroslav Lajčák, will host today a series of crisis management meetings with President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić and Prime Minister of Kosovo Albin Kurti, in Brussels. The discussions will focus on finding ways to de-escalate the current tensions i...
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On 21 June, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Policy and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission Josep Borrell, U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, and Executive Vice-President of the European Commission Frans Timmermans, met in Brussels to discuss the impacts of climate change on peace and security...
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The European Union commends Malaysia for passing the Abolition of the Mandatory Death Penalty Bill 2023 and Revision of Sentence of Death and Imprisonment for Natural Life (Temporary Jurisdiction of the Federal Court) Bill 2023. These significantly reduce the scope of the offences for which the death penalty may be imposed and give judges discretion in sentencing. The European Union welcome...
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The European Union firmly condemns Tuesday’s terrorist attack near the settlement of Eli in the occupied West Bank. In this attack, at least four Israelis  were killed and four were injured. Terrorism in all its forms is unacceptable and never an answer. The EU remains firmly committed to the prevention of and fight against terrorism. The EU is deeply worried about the ongoing escalat...
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Thank you for this press conference in which I am participating with my colleagues – the [Executive] Vice-Presidents of the European Commission - more in my capacity as High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy – I want to stress that – than as Vice-President of the [European] Commission. In fact, it is important to note that security and defence are a competence of Member Sta...
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