Eastern Partnership, Russia & Central Asia
Building a common area of shared democracy, prosperity, stability and increased cooperation with in its neighbourhood is a top priority for the EU. To this end the EU has built a close partnership with six countries to its East, with both bilateral and multilateral dimensions. Cooperative relations with Russia, the EU’s largest neighbour and a key regional and global player, are also critical for the EU.
02/03/2021 – HR/VP blog – Le dernier Conseil Européen a débattu du partenariat renouvelé avec nos voisins du sud de la Méditerranée que j’ai proposé conjointement avec la Commission européenne en tant que Haut représentant de l’Union. Les défis économiques, sociaux, écologiques et sécuritaires auxquels cette région est confrontée ont encore été aggravés par l’épidémie de COVID-19. Y faire face ensemble est un enjeu essentiel pour notre politique extérieure.
28/02/2021 – HR/VP Blog – EU leaders have held a timely discussion on the future of EU security and defence. We need commitment at the highest political level to make the EU a stronger security actor in a world of fast-changing threats.
17/02/2021 – HR/VP Blog – Why do we need to invest in multilateralism? Because it works. Today we have set out what the EU can do to strengthen and modernise the global system of rules and institutions on which we all depend.
“Children have a key role to play in building a present and a future where peace will prevail. It is our responsibility to enable them to be such agents of change”, says EU-UN statement on International Day against the Use of Child Soldiers
Agriculture has a central place in mountainous Tajikistan. In fact, more than 60 percent of Tajik people work in agriculture, cultivating the country’s arable land that covers over 850 thousand hectares, or 7% or the territory.
