EU mulls using new peace fund to help Libyan coast guard
The commander of the EU s naval Operation Irini is tasked with preventing weapons from entering Libya (Photo: Operation EUNAVFOR MED IRINI)
Brussels, Today, 07:15
The EU is mulling the use of a special budget, designed to deliver military aid, to support Libya s coast guard.
The idea was proposed in an internal document by the EU s foreign policy branch, the EEAS.
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7. 5. 2021
Yesterday, Minister of Defence Matej Tonin, MSc, attended a meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Defence Ministers’ configuration. The main topic of the ministers discussion was the current state of preparation of the Strategic Compass, with an emphasis on its first pillar - crisis management.
Initially, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell reported on his recent visit to Africa, in particular on the situation in Mozambique and the Sahel. High Representative Borrell also reported on the escalating situation in Ukraine, where the tense situation on the eastern border between Ukraine and the Russian Federation and in the illegally annexed Crimea persists. The ministers endorsed the EU s efforts to resolve the crisis against Ukraine, as well as the stabilization of the situation in the Sahel.
EU’s new military aid fund positioned to take off operationally in July
by Brooks Tigner
The co-ordination and initial use of the EU’s new foreign military aid programme, the European Peace Facility (EPF), will be closely aligned with the union’s military training and security missions in Africa to complement their objectives, says the chief EU official overseeing the fund, who added that a first set of priorities for the EPF will soon be mapped out.
The EPF is to become operational in July. (Getty Images)
“The EU’s CSDP [Common Security and Defence Policy] missions in Africa will be closely associated with our work in that they will be involved in the design, evaluation, control and advice for any aid distributed from the EPF,” Stefano Tomat told a 14 April meeting in Brussels of the European Parliament’s Security and Defence (SEDE) subcommittee. Tomat is director of CSDP and crisis response policy within the European External Action Service (EEAS), the EU’s fore
Statement by Minister Coveney on UN Security Council Ministerial Debate on Enhancing Cooperation
Statement 19 April 2021
Mr. President,
I would like to thank Viet Nam for organising today’s debate, highlighting the critical need to co-operate in support of conflict prevention and resolution.
Like others, I also offer my solidary to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
I would also like to thank Secretary General Guterres, and former Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, who have spoken eloquently about the unique partnerships between the UN and regional organisations.
I welcome the adoption of a Presidential Statement on this important issue.
Mr. President,
In Ireland, we do not have to look far beyond our shores to see the impact of regional organisations in building and sustaining peace.
Statement by Minister Coveney at UNSC Open Debate on Regional and Subregional Organisations
Statement 19 April 2021
I would like to thank Viet Nam for organising today’s debate, highlighting the critical need to co-operate in support of conflict prevention and resolution.
I would also like to thank Secretary General Guterres, and former Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, who have spoken eloquently about the unique partnerships between the UN and regional organisations.
In Ireland, we do not have to look far beyond our shores to see the impact of regional organisations in building and sustaining peace.
Across the European neighbourhood, the contribution of regional co-operation to coherence, stability and growth is felt on a daily basis.