The Europeans could send a mission to the Strait of Hormuz only after the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran is over, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen confirmed following talks in Canberra with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
The price of gas on the European exchange at the opening of trading on Thursday exceeded $850 per 1,000 cubic meters for the first time since December 2022, according to data from the London-based ICE exchange.
European countries should put pressure on U.S. and Israel to stop their war of aggression against Iran, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in a telephone conversation with EU Foreign Policy Chief Kaja Kallas.
The foreign ministers of member-states of the European Union failed to reach any progress on the twentieth package of anti-Russian sanctions, at their meeting in Brussels, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said.
EU foreign ministers showed "no appetite" to expand an EU naval mission in the Middle East to the Strait of Hormuz for the time being, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said.
EU countries have expanded their sanctions list against Iran, adding 16 individuals and three organizations, targeting government officials, members of the IRGC, investigators, prosecutors, and police officers.
The Georgian port of Kulevi will remain free from sanctions, as the EU has determined that there are no grounds to impose any restrictions on it.
The EU should immediately lift the ban on the use of Russian oil and gas in all EU countries to prevent a shortage of energy and a sharp increase in prices due to the Middle Eastern tensions, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Szijjarto said following urgent meetings of the defense and energy security councils convened by Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
In an interview with France24, an Iranian diplomat revealed the contents of Tehran's closed-door talks with European countries: Iranian authorities promised to attack European targets if any European country joins the US and Israel's military operations.
The President of the Council of the European Union, António Costa, will pay an official visit to Azerbaijan on March 11, the EU Council office confirmed.
Russia may initiate its withdrawal from the European market ahead of time in view of the EU’s intention to completely reject its gas, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
During his visit to Poland, Nikol Pashinyan met with the Speaker of the Polish Senate. The parties discussed cooperation between Armenia and Poland, as well as prospects for developing ties between Armenia and the EU.
The Swiss government decided to implement additional paragraphs of the 19th package of anti-Russian sanctions from February 26.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has departed for Warsaw, Poland on an official visit, during which he is scheduled to engage in discussions with the nation's president, prime minister, and speaker of parliament.
The European Union has leveled unfounded accusations against Georgia regarding the circumvention of anti-Russian sanctions at the oil terminal in the port of Kulevi.
The Georgian authorities had given the EU the information it had promised on the Kulevi port, EU ambassador to Georgia Pawel Herczynski said.
This is the largest deployment since the Iraq War
EU foreign ministers failed to reach consensus on the 20th package of sanctions against Russia during their recent meeting, according to EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas.
The European Union's latest sanctions package against Russia will not be adopted today, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said before a regular meeting of the EU’s foreign ministers in Brussels where discussion of the 20th sanctions package was planned.
Acting on the principle of reciprocity, the Islamic Republic of Iran has officially classified the naval and air forces of European Union member states as terrorist entities. The move follows the EU's decision to designate Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization on February 19.
