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The European Union is ready to begin dialogue with the Taliban (outlawed in Russia) but their recognition will depend on what they do, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrel said on Tuesday. "The Taliban have won the war. So we will …
The EU’s foreign affairs ministers will discuss the situation in Afghanistan on Tuesday afternoon via videoconference, said Josep Borell, the EU’s high representative for foreign affairs. Borell framed the …
EU High Representative Josep Borrell believes that Russia will not modify its behavioural pattern in the near future, in his opinion, the EU has to factor this in. "Ultimately, Russia is our biggest neighbour. It will …
Threats are coming from the U.S. with regard to the SWIFT interbank payment system, which could get tangled up in the anti-Russia "sanctions spiral," head of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Department of Economic Cooperation (DEC) …
EU foreign ministers on Tuesday failed to reach a unified position on the recent Israeli-Palestinian military hostilities, forcing the bloc’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, to issue an informal call on his own to end the violence. …
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Monday called on all sides to respect the status quo of holy sites in Jerusalem. "We are deeply concerned about the recent clashes and violence, including this morning in and around Haram …
The European Union has blasted Moscow’s reaction to Prague’s decision to expel Russian diplomats from the country as disproportionate and vowed to back all the next steps taken by the Czech Republic, top EU diplomat Josep Borrell said …
The relations between the European Union and Russia are not improving, tensions are rising in various areas, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell said Monday in a video address ahead of an informal online …
Iran and the major powers in the agreement to keep Tehran from developing nuclear weapons said Friday they were ready to welcome the return of the United States to the deal. The chair of the group including the European Union, China, …
Foreign Ministers of the 27 European Union members have approved new sanctions against 11 natural persons, including from Russia and China, who the union believes to be complicit in human rights violations, a source in one of the delegations to …
Despite warm words from Biden, U.S. secondary sanctions against Iran, Russia and others punish European companies and prompt new calls for strategic autonomy, The New York Times writes. The new Biden administration is making nice with the European Union, talking of renewed cooperation and suspending retaliatory tariffs stemming from an old dispute between Airbus and Boeing
The "new Russian plan" was discussed this Monday by the EU ambassador to the Russian Federation, Markus Ederer, with the head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, Bloomberg informs with a reference to its sources. In …
Vice-President of European Commission and High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell Fontelles said at the European Parliament that the EU is looking forward to seeing Georgian political …
The European Union-Armenia Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement (CEPA) enters into force today, on March 1, 2021. It has been ratified by Armenia, all EU Member States and the European Parliament. According to the European …
During the summit in Brussels, the foreign ministers of the EU countries agreed on the expansion of personal restrictions against the citizens of the Russian Federation due to the situation with Alexei Navalny, Reuters reports citing diplomatic …
According to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Moscow is ready for any development with the European Union. On February 5, during a joint press conference following talks with the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Vice-President of the European Commission Josep Borrell, Lavrov said that Moscow is accustomed to situations when Brussels is resorting to unilateral restrictions with no legitimate basis. “We are building our life proceeding from the fact that the EU is an unreliable partner, at least at this stage,” the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry said
Many are wondering if anyone's really in charge
The European Union appealed to Ukraine to make good on long-promised justice and economic reforms and to step up the fight against corruption, as both sides announced a review of a key agreement governing their relations. After a …
U.S. President Joe Biden recently made his first foreign policy speech since his inauguration on Jan. 6. In an approximately 20-minute address to State Department personnel, there was not any unexpected move or position, Daily Sabah writes in the article Biden's bumpy road in US foreign policy. At least for the last three months, we have seen similar talking points from the different names in his administration. The main tenets of this position are more or less clear
Russia is interested in reviving relations with the EU considering interests of both sides and without applying double standards, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said commenting on the statement of EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and …
