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The European Union has reached a political agreement in principle to launch a military operation to secure merchant shipping in the Red Sea, its top diplomat announced on Monday. The EU has no plans to participate in the current US attacks against the positions of the militant Islamist Houthi movement in Yemen, it said. The United States together with the United Kingdom and others have attacked Houthi targets in the region. The EU mission would involve deploying European warships and airborne ea

The states of the European Union have reached an agreement "in principle" to launch a military operation to secure merchant shipping in the Red Sea, the EU's top diplomat Josep Borrell said on Monday following a meeting of foreign ministers in Brussels. According to diplomats, the mission should ideally start next month and put an end to the attacks by militant Islamist Houthis from Yemen. The Iranian-backed militia wants to force an end to the Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip prompted by the u

During a visit to Lebanon, the EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell called for de-escalation given the tense situation on the border with Israel and the raging Gaza war. "We agreed to work together through diplomacy towards deescalation and long-term stability, which are in the interest of everyone," he said on X, referring to his meeting with Lebanon's acting Prime Minister Najib Mikati. In a further post, Borrell also called for a political solution to end the Gaza war. L

European countries must enhance their military support to Ukraine, especially with long-range missiles, the EU’s chief diplomat, Josep Borrell, wrote on X (Twitter) on Jan. 3.

On 29 December, Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba held a telephone conversation with Josep Borrell, EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy, while being in the bomb shelter of the Foreign Ministry during the air-raid alarm.