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The EU has been at the forefront of the Kimberley Process since its launch in 2003. The Kimberley Process is a unique tripartite initiative including governments, industry and civil society, aiming to eradicate trade of conflict diamonds at global level. We have engaged constructively together with other participants to ensure a meaningful expansion of the definition of ‘conflict diamonds’. The...
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We just concluded a meeting of the 27 EU leaders with the President of the European Commission. We took stock of the latest developments regarding efforts to achieve peace for Ukraine. There is a new momentum in peace negotiations. Yesterday’s meeting in Geneva between the United States, Ukraine, EU institutions and European representatives marked significant progress. The US and Ukraine inf...
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The High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission (HR/VP), Kaja Kallas, and Deputy Prime Minister / Foreign Minister of Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Senator Ishaq Dar, co-chaired the 7th Round of the EU-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue held in Brussels on 21 November 2025. The meeting was an occasion to discuss EU-Pakistan bilateral relati...
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As Africa and Europe prepare for the 7th European Union–African Union Summit in Luanda, we stand shoulder to shoulder, drawing on the valuable lessons of our shared history, and with renewed joint ambitions firmly focused on the future. 2025 marks 25 years of EU-AU partnership and 50 years of Angola’s and many other African nations’ independence—milestones that remind us of how far we’ve come a...
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In this session, I would like to focus on Critical minerals. Critical minerals are essential to the economic and national security of both developed and developing nations. As the transition to clean-energy sources continues to accelerate, demand for key minerals will soar. This is an enormous opportunity but also a great risk! The production of these minerals is highly concentrated. As supp...
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Thank you very much, dear ministers, dear colleagues. It has been a very fruitful day. We come from two different hemispheres and four different continents, but our exchanges today show how we are facing similar challenges that require joint engagement to address them. Maritime security [was a] topic central to today’s discussions. It is a shared responsibility, not a competitive venture. Now mor...
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Kaja Kallas, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission, chaired the fourth EU Indo-Pacific Ministerial Forum in Brussels, on 20-21 November 2025. The Forum brought together around 70 delegations from the EU institutions and EU Member States, as well as from countries and regional organisations from the Indo-Pacific region, spanning...
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I am very glad to be in Johannesburg with Ursula von der Leyen, to represent the European Union. Africa is a strategic partner in our multipolar world. And for the very first time, we are having a G20 summit on African soil. We are living in challenging times. Wars in Africa and Europe. Humanitarian tragedies in the Middle East. Trade tensions, supply chains being disrupted and economic coercio...
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Excellencies, Ministers, Distinguished delegates, It is my honour to kick off our deliberations today. A point on housekeeping before we dive into the substance. Today we have 64 countries here, from Europe and the Indo-Pacific. The EU, with our Member States, cooperates well with each you on various topics we will discuss later. Now, for today’s speech I faced a dilemma: whether I name...
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First, I would like to congratulate the South African authorities and the Commission for the work that you have been doing since our summit 8 months ago in Cape Town. It is very impressive, the capacity that you show to translate into concrete projects what we have agreed on and our ambitious common partnership. My second word is to thank President Ramaphosa and South Africa for their very stro...
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