Sep. 19 () –
The High Representative for Foreign Policy of the EU, Josep Borrell, highlighted this Monday from New York, where the UN General Assembly begins tomorrow, that it is a “festival of diplomacy” that this year will focus on Ukraine .
“The United Nations General Assembly is being held here this week. It is the most important week in the United Nations. It is a true festival of diplomacy. Almost everyone is here,” Borrell stressed at the start of the informal meeting of ministers. of Foreign Affairs of the EU that takes place in New York.
“Last year we talked about Afghanistan and this week Ukraine will be the most important issue,” he stressed. “The war in Ukraine is not just a war in Ukraine. Ukrainians are fighting, being bombarded with missiles and the rest of the world is suffering from rising energy prices, food prices, growing insecurity and higher interest rates.” , has pointed.
For Borrell it is a “perfect storm”: “the high prices of energy and food caused by the war have generated an incipient financial crisis.” “Everyone is affected and we Europeans have to commit ourselves more than the rest of the world,” he appealed.
Borrell has declared his intention “to see how we counter the Russian narrative that tries to convince people around the world that this problem is caused by our sanctions, when in fact it is a consequence of the war itself.”
However, “there are other issues on the agenda.” “There are many crises that arise around us. We have recently had crises in the Caucasus between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Also in Central Asia. We are going to deal with them, but we will focus mainly on the consequences of the war in Ukraine,” he explained.
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