1. Remarks

   Foreign Affairs Council: Press remarks by High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell

   Check against delivery! Good afternoon, Before I start, let me make a short point on the sad news that reached us during the [Foreign Affairs] Council: the attack on the World Food Programme convoy in Goma, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). I extend, once again, my heartfelt condolences to

   Author: EEAS Press Team - Publication date: 22/02/2021

2. Council Conclusions

   Human rights: Council adopts conclusions on EU priorities in UN human rights fora in 2021

   The Council today adopted conclusions on the EU’s priorities in UN human rights fora in 2021. The conclusions reaffirm the EU’s commitment to respect, protect and fulfil human rights, democracy and the rule of law and to stand united in support of the UN human rights system as a cornerstone of its

   Author: EEAS Press Team - Publication date: 22/02/2021

3. Council Conclusions

   COVID-19: Council adopts conclusions on human rights-based recovery

   The Council today approved conclusions reaffirming the EU’s commitment to human rights in the context of the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

   Author: EEAS Press Team - Publication date: 22/02/2021

4. Council Conclusions

   Myanmar/Burma: Council adopts conclusions

   The Council today adopted conclusions condemning the military coup carried out in Myanmar/Burma on 1 February 2021 in the strongest terms, and stressed that the EU stands with the Burmese people.

   Author: EEAS Press Team - Publication date: 22/02/2021

5. Remarks

   Foreign Affairs Council: Remarks by the High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell upon arrival

   Check against delivery! Today we have a very important and a very busy Foreign Affairs Council ahead of us. There are so many items, let me make the list of items: First our relationship with Russia, the Iran nuclear deal, Myanmar, Hong Kong, Belarus, the Strategic Compass, Horn of Africa, Sahel,

   Author: EEAS Press Team - Publication date: 22/02/2021

6. Remarks

   Foreign Affairs Council: Press remarks by High Representative Josep Borrell

   Check against delivery! Good afternoon, Well, to be the first meeting of the year, we have had a very though, heavy agenda. Let me run [you] through our discussion. First, we started with Russia and the events around Alexey Navalny. The Council considered  the arrest of [Mr] Navalny  and crackdown

   Author: EEAS Press Team - Publication date: 25/01/2021

7. Remarks

   Foreign Affairs Council: Remarks by High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell upon arrival

   Check against delivery! Good morning, This is the first Foreign Affairs Council of the year and we are going to have a very dense agenda. I do not know how we are going to do in order to deal with all these issues. First, we will deal with the worrying events in Russia. More than 3,000 people have

   Author: EEAS Press Team - Publication date: 25/01/2021

8. Remarks

   Foreign Affairs Council: Remarks by the High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell at the press conference

   Check against delivery! Good afternoon, today the Council met again and I am happy that we could meet again in person. It makes things easier. We had, as always, a dense agenda. Let me start with the good news. The good news is that today  we adopted the European Union Global Human Rights Sanctions

   Author: EEAS Press Team - Publication date: 07/12/2020

9. Statements by the HR/VP

   Video conference of Development Ministers: Statement by the High Representative Josep Borrell following the meeting

   Check against delivery! Good evening, Today at the Foreign Affairs Council with the Ministers of Development, we discussed a very pressing topic: the issue of debt. Many countries already facing a difficult situation, with unsustainable debt levels, suffer from the worsening effect by the COVID-19

   Author: Strategic Communications - Publication date: 23/11/2020

10. Remarks

    Video conference of Foreign Affairs Ministers: Remarks by the High Representative Josep Borrell at the press conference

    Check against delivery! Good afternoon, We met today in a virtual format for the Foreign Affairs Council, but the agenda was again very packed. We had on the agenda a discussion about the results of the United States presidential elections. It was just a first discussion; it will be again on the

    Author: EEAS Press Team - Publication date: 19/11/2020

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