Joint Statement by High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini, Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Management Christos Stylianides and Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development Neven Mimica on the signature by President Kiir
Following an invitation from the Sri Lankan authorities, the European Union deployed an Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) to observe the Parliamentary Elections scheduled for 17 August 2015. The mission is led by Chief Observer Cristian Preda, a Member of the European Parliament.
Le tribunal militaire du Caucase du Nord, en Russie, a condamné aujourd'hui le réalisateur ukrainien Oleg Sentsov et son coaccusé Oleksandr Kolchenko à respectivement vingt et dix ans de prison pour des faits de terrorisme.
Le sort de MM. Sentsov et Kolchenko a fait l'objet d'un suivi constant de la part de l'UE. Connus pour s'être opposés à l'annexion illégale de la péninsule de Crimée par la Russie, ils ont été arrêtés en mai 2014 pour avoir soi-disant mené des activités dans la péninsule.
Today the North Caucasus military court in Russia sentenced Ukrainian film director Oleg Sentsov to twenty years imprisonment on charges of terrorism and his co-defendant Oleksandr Kolchenko to ten years imprisonment.
The EU has consistently followed the case of Mr Sentsov and Mr Kolchenko. Known to oppose the illegal annexation of the Crimean Peninsula by Russia, they were arrested in May 2014 in relation to alleged activities conducted on the peninsula.
J'ai organisé aujourd’hui, à Bruxelles, une réunion s'inscrivant dans le cadre du dialogue de haut niveau pour la normalisation des relations entre Belgrade et Pristina avec les Premiers ministres MM. Aleksandar Vučić et Isa Mustafa et leurs délégations, afin de mettre la dernière main aux modalités de mise en œuvre de quatre accords essentiels concernant l'énergie, les télécommunications, la création de l’association/la communauté des municipalités à majorité serbe au Kosovo et la liberté de circulation/le pont de Mitrovica.
I hosted a meeting of the high level dialogue for normalisation of relations between Belgrade and Pristina with Prime Ministers Aleksandar Vučić and Isa Mustafa and their delegations in Brussels today to finalise implementation arrangements of four key agreements: on energy, telecoms, establishment of the Association/Community of Serb majority municipalities as well as the Freedom of Movement/Mitrovica Bridge.
Illicit arms flows fuel conflicts and instability, support criminal activities and result in a terrible human toll. According to the UN, 750 000 people die every year of armed violence, much of it caused by illicit arms trafficking.
