EU foreign ministers to discuss situation in Sea of Azov

By Interfax-Ukraine.

Published Nov. 12, 2018 at 9:25 am

A view of the two breakwaters with lighthouses that form the entrance to the port in Mariupol , 800 kilometers southeast of Kyiv. Mariupol activists and military experts warn that Russia could launch an amphibious assualt from the Azov Sea, where Ukraine's defenses are the weakest.

Photo by Kostyantyn Chernichkin

European Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn has said that the EU foreign ministers on November 19 will discuss the situation around the Sea of Azov in Brussels.

The situation around the Sea of Azov is a top priority in the agenda of the EU, including at the level of foreign ministers, who will meet in Brussels in 10 days to participate in the foreign affairs council, he said on November 9 at a press conference in Kyiv, video of which has been posted on the website of the European Commission.