European Union External Action
In a world that has become increasingly complex and contested, Europe has stepped up its work on defence over the past few years. Permanent Structured Cooperation on security and defence is one of the new instruments in the EU’s toolbox. Under this framework, 13 new projects for European cooperation
Author: Strategic Communications - Publication date: 12/11/2019
The Council focused in particular on PESCO (Permanent Structured Cooperation) and adopted a decision launching thirteen new PESCO projects. Defence ministers also discussed the coherence between PESCO and the other EU defence initiatives, including the Coordinated Annual Review on Defence (CARD) and
The EU-UAE trade relations have never been better. However, there is still a strong potential for trade and investment flows to grow together even further.
Author: Press and information team of the Delegation to UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Publication date: 12/11/2019
The European Union exercises maximum diplomacy with everybody during crises. This is the natural role of the EU in support of peace, security and democracy, said the High Representative Federica Mogherini following the Foreign Affairs Council on Monday.
The Foreign Affairs Council discussed pressing issues on the international agenda. The High Representative and foreign ministers followed-up on their discussion on Syria at the last Foreign Affairs Council in October, and recalled their commitment to halt arms exports to Turkey. They also noted the
Author: Strategic Communications - Publication date: 11/11/2019
The eighth session of the European Union-Indonesia Human Rights Dialogue took place on 8th November 2019 in Brussels. Both delegations raised and discussed a wide range of topics of mutual interest and concern in an open and constructive manner.
Author: Press and information team of the Delegation to INDONESIA and BRUNEI DARUSSALAM - Publication date: 11/11/2019
Roughly two thousand global leaders, politicians, activists, experts and young people from all over the world gathered in Strasbourg this week for the 2019 edition of the World Forum for Democracy, where they discussed democracy in the information age. Hosted by the Council of Europe, the forum
Author: Strategic Communications - Publication date: 08/11/2019
The 13 th edition of the Eastern Partnership Panel on Security, CSDP and Civil protection convened on 7 November in Brussels. The Panel gathered over 70 participants from all EaP countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Republic of Moldova, Ukraine and Belarus), Member States, EU institutions and
The 18th UNIDO General Conference, which was held on 3- 7 November 2019, has adopted the Abu Dhabi Declaration
Author: Press and information team of the Delegation to UN and OSCE in Vienna - Publication date: 05/11/2019
"The Venezuelan crisis and its humanitarian impact need to go back on top of the international agenda. I believe that the conference has been a success in this respect", said EU High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini following the two-day International Solidarity
Author: Strategic Communications - Publication date: 31/10/2019