Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin on Dec. 10 will take part in a meeting of the EU Council on Foreign Affairs, the Foreign Ministry of Ukraine has reported.
“On December 10, 2018, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin is to visit Brussels at the invitation of the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini to hold a working meeting with the foreign ministers of the EU member states,” the ministry said on Dec. 9 evening.
The meeting will take place within the framework of the meeting of the EU Council on Foreign Affairs, the agenda of which involves the question regarding the aggravation of the situation in the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait.
The ministers are expected to discuss the parameters of the EU’s complex responses to Russia’s aggressive actions, in particular increasing the sanctions pressure on the Kremlin, as well as ways to assist Ukraine in releasing Ukrainian prisoners of war and helping the Ukrainian Azov region suffering from the consequences of Russian aggression on land and sea.
