European Union (EU) diplomacy heads will discuss support for Ukraine to face Russian military aggression in Brussels this Monday, ahead of the last leaders’ summit of the year, which takes place on Thursday.
Two days after the Council of the European Union reached an agreement to unblock the EUR 18 billion macro-financial aid package for Ukraine for 2023, bypassing Hungary’s blockade, foreign ministers will focus on the material issues on Monday. support that the Kiev community bloc can continue to provide, militarily but also to help the Ukrainians and get through the winter between power cuts caused by Russian attacks on critical infrastructures.
As has become customary in recent months, the head of Ukraine’s diplomacy, Dmytro Kuleba, will join the meeting via videoconference to report on 27 of the latest developments on the ground, as well as Ukraine’s most pressing needs in the field of of support. .
The Council will also receive an operational overview of the work of the EU military assistance mission in support of Ukraine, following the visit of the High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, to the mission’s training facilities in Brzeg, Poland, the 2nd of December.
This meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council, in which Portugal will be represented by Minister João Gomes Cravinho, also has on the agenda the imposition of new sanctions on Iran, following the suppression of protests against the death of the young Masha Amini and also the military support that Tehran gives to Moscow,
The Council of Foreign Ministers, the last of 2022 and taking place three days before what will also be the last summit of Heads of State and Government on the 27th of the year, will be preceded this Monday morning by a meeting of EU heads of diplomacy with their Eastern Partnership counterparts (Ukraine, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia).
Source: DN
