EU Heads of Mission and Ambassadors from Latin America and the Caribbean met with H.Em. Cardinal Parolin at the historic Spanish Embassy to the Holy See to discuss our cooperation, joint values and interests, building on the successful EU-CELAC summit of July 2023.

Alexandra Valkenburg, Head of the EU Delegation in Rome, participated in an international conference, framed within the project Women in Foreign Policy and Diplomacy which the Aspen Institute Italia and WIIS Italy are promoting with the support of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

On 18 December, the EU adopted a new package of sanctions on Russia. This package comprises: additional listings, trade measures, including on Russian diamonds, stricter asset freeze obligations, energy measures, stronger anti-circumvention measures. More on the new package.