EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has requested to extend the mandate of former Italian foreign minister Luigi Di Maio as Special European Union Envoy for the Gulf region for another two years in a letter to the 27 member States,

The importance of boosting the European Union's international role was stressed in a meeting between Premier Giorgia Meloni and the EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaja Kallas,

Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani is heading to Syria to encourage the transition in the country following the ouster of President Bashar Assad by Islamist insurgents.

The European Union could begin lifting sanctions on Syria if the war-torn country's new rulers take steps to form an inclusive government that protects minorities, the bloc's top diplomat said Friday.

From left, Anne Grillo, Director of the Middle East and North Africa Department at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Günter Sautter, German Political Director of the Ministry of Foreign

with the drafting of a new constitution and Syria's economic recovery on the agenda. The EU's foreign affairs chief, Kaja Kallas, was expected in Rome for the meeting. glr/ams/gv

Kaja Kallas, the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security stated in a recent interview that the EU is ready to take over support for Ukraine if the US cannot continue its assistance.

Tajani arrived in Damascus after hosting talks in Rome with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, and officials from the United Kingdom, France and Germany on ...

and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas, pose for a family photo during a meeting, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, at Rome's Villa Madama, on the situation in Syria ...

The European Union could begin lifting sanctions on Syria if the war-torn country's new rulers take steps to form an inclusive government that protects minorities, the bloc's top diplomat said Friday.

and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas, pose for a family photo during a meeting, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, at Rome's Villa Madama, on the situation in Syria ...

Kaja Kallas, the European Union's new High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, at the North-South Summit in Inari (Finland), December 22, 2024. ANTTI AIMO-KOIVISTO / AP Between ...