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European Union statement says relations with the US were raised by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in call with Josep BorrellThe EU diplomat also said Brussels, Beijing and Washington could work together on key global issues including climate and Covid-19

29 Jan in 16:30 EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell will visit Moscow on February 4-6. During his visit, he plans to discuss a range of topics with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, including bilateral relations, the fight against the pandemic, the Iranian nuclear deal, the conflict in Ukraine, and the arrest of Russian opposition politician Alexey Navalny, the European External Action Service (EEAS) said in a statement published on Friday. "The E...

EU foreign policy chief to discuss Ukraine, Iran, Navalny during upcoming visit to Moscow The Russian Foreign Ministry informed earlier that Russias top diplomat Sergei Lavrov would have talks in Moscow with Borrell on February 5 BRUSSELS, January 29. /TASS/. EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell will visit Moscow on February 4-6. During his visit, he plans to discuss a range of topics with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, including bilateral relati...

Authoritarian regimes support one another and learn each other’s “tips and tricks”, but so do the protesters who aim to topple them. The time is ripe for a change, and the EU should uphold the values they are defending, writes Darya Mustafayeva. Darya Mustafayeva is an independent analyst, strategic communications expert and contributor with a background in international law, EU Neighbourhood Policy and civil society empowerment. Last Saturday saw protests in the major Russian cities and ...

EU and US sanctions updates EU-Latin American potential trade deals ___________________ The European Union (EU) also focused on unity this week, seeking to coordinate and improve its vaccination campaigns among Member States.  The EU and the United Kingdom (UK) continue to work through implementation of its trade deal, with a post-Brexit financial guarantee requirement causing some concern for shippers.  The UK and US reached an agreement on a combined carrier strike group, further cementing ...

21 Jan 2021 Brexit Britain is reportedly refusing to grant the European Union the rank of a sovereign state, by denying its ambassador to the UK full diplomatic rights and privileges. The European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Josep Barrell, had written a letter to Britain’s Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab outlining the bloc’s frustration that the newly-independent United Kingdom would not offer statuses to its diplomats that “reflect the specific character of the EU�...

Cross-party group of MEPs call for action over Hong Kong arrests Published 3 months ago The cross-party group of co-chairs of the Hong Kong Watch Group of the European Parliament have united to condemn the arrest of over 50 Hong Kong pan-democrat politicians, activists and lawyers and call on Presidents Michel (Council) and von der Leyen (European Commission), EU High Representative Borrell, as well as EU member states’ governments to take urgent action. Those arrested had taken part in a pr...

What’s new? After years of political turmoil, elections for Venezuela’s National Assembly ended in a predictable victory for President Nicolás Maduro. Mainstream opposition parties boycotted the poll and, alongside the U.S. and Latin American and European countries, accuse the government of rigging the elections. Why does it matter? Elimination of the opposition majority in parliament will greatly complicate efforts to resolve the standoff with the government. The boycott split the opp...