EU foreign ministers discuss further dealings with Russia

2023-05-22 03:34:02

The EU foreign ministers are today in Brussels discussing how to deal with Russia’s war once morest Ukraine. It is planned that Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba will take part in the meeting via video conference. The status of a new package of sanctions once morest Russia is expected to be discussed. The EU Commission presented a proposal for an eleventh package of sanctions by the European Union at the beginning of the month.

The proposal is currently being negotiated by the Member States. In addition, the foreign ministers are scheduled to give the green light to new sanctions once morest Iran and exchange views on the situation in the Horn of Africa and the Western Balkans. A working lunch with the foreign ministers of the Western Balkans is on the agenda. With regard to Africa, the foreign ministers are expected to discuss the situation in Sudan, where a long-simmering power struggle escalated violently in mid-April.

According to the US government, the conflicting parties in Sudan had agreed on a seven-day ceasefire on Saturday evening (local time) and sealed it with their signatures for the first time. The ceasefire, which is said to have been mediated by the United States and Saudi Arabia, is scheduled to come into force on Monday evening (Sudanese local time).

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