The Romanian foreign minister Bogdan Aurescu takes part on Monday in the meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels. The EU foreign ministers will discuss measures to mitigate the effects of Russia’s aggression in Ukraine and the situation in the Horn of Africa. The EU officials will also touch on the bloc’s commitment in Central Asia, developments in Tunisia, the relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the context of high-level EU diplomatic contacts with both countries. According to the Romanian foreign ministry, Bogdan Aurescu will reiterate Romania’s firm, multidimensional and continuing support for Ukraine and will express hopes that an agreement will be reached as soon as possible on the 8th support package for the Ukrainian air forces under the EU Peace Facility. Minister Aurescu will also highlight the importance of keeping pressure on Russia by consolidating sanctions, and will reiterate the idea of setting up a special international tribunal for the crime of aggression to prosecute Russian crimes of aggression during the war in Ukraine.
