Contents tagged with Mogherini

  • Mogherini: Russia hardly can be called a superpower

    The Russian Federation can hardly be called a superpower today due to its economic situation, as stated by the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, at the World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa in Jordan, CNBC reports.

    "If we look at the state of the Russian economy today, it can hardly be called a superpower," Mogherini said. She also added that today the GDP per capita in Russia is lower than in most of the …

  • Mogherini announces that the visa regime with Ukraine will be eased in the coming days

    The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, said that the European Union will ease the visa regime with Ukraine in the coming days.

    "In a few days, we will announce an agreement on simplifying the visa regime with our Ukrainian friends," the head of EU diplomacy said at a meeting of the Security Council.

    According to her, the EU “supports Eastern partners, strengthens their economies and state bodies, their resilience."

    In addition, …

  • Mogherini to Lavrov: The fighting in Ukraine should be stopped

    During a telephone conversation with the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, stressed the need to stop the fighting in eastern Ukraine immediately, the European External Action Service reported.

    "Mogherini and Lavrov discussed the escalation of violence in the east of Ukraine in detail. The High Representative – Vice-President of the European Commission stressed the need to stop the fighting …

  • Mogherini: Ukraine is among Europe's priorities for 2017

    One of the priorities in the work of the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, in 2017 will be continuing the efforts towards reforms in Ukraine and the cooperation with the countries of the Eastern Partnership (EaP), as stated in the list of objectives and priorities of the head of the European diplomacy for the year, which was posted on her website.

    It is noted that the past year was a year of constant work in support of the …