Brussels: Europe and the Arabs
Through a post on the “X” Twitter website “formerly” on Monday morning, European Union Foreign and Security Policy Coordinator Josep Borrell recalled the four basic points on the European Union’s agenda that he presented to the participants in the Munich Security Conference last week, which are:
Support Ukraine more and faster
Implementing the two-state solution in the Middle East
Improving our relations with the Global South
Strengthen our defense.
Borrell referred to his article that he published in this regard, Sayyah Al-Youm, on the website of the European External Section, in which he said, “The atmosphere in Munich this year was extremely dangerous. With two wars on its doorstep, and many other powder kegs in various parts of the world, everyone finally realized that Europe At risk, as I said two years ago when I presented Strategic Compass.
On the first day of the conference, we learned of the suspected death of Alexei Navalny in a penal colony in Siberia, who was slowly murdered there by President Putin. I met his wife and invited her to attend the Foreign Affairs Council last Monday, where we honored Alexei Navalny and she updated us on the political situation in Russia.
During my stay in Munich, I also exchanged the most pressing global and bilateral issues with António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Gustavo Petro, President of Colombia, Wang Yi, Foreign Minister of China, Subrahmanyam Shankar, Foreign Minister of India, Hakan Vedam, Foreign Minister of Turkey, and Chris Fan Howlin, US Senator. I discussed with Serbian President Vucic and Kosovo Prime Minister Kurti, in separate meetings, how to calm tensions between the two countries, but unfortunately to no avail.
In various meetings, I discussed the situation in the Middle East with Najib Mikati, Prime Minister of Lebanon, Prince Faisal, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia, Sameh Shoukry, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt, Jassim Mohammed Al-Badawi, Secretary-General of the Gulf Cooperation Council, and Espen Eide. , Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway. We focused our efforts on putting an end to the fighting in Gaza, freeing the hostages, alleviating the humanitarian catastrophe in the Strip, avoiding the spread of conflict in the region, and moving forward with the effective implementation of the two-state solution.

I also presented my views in a plenary session on “The EU’s next geopolitical agenda”. Although events are constantly reshaping our priorities, four items currently dominate our agenda: Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, and the war that has broken out again in Gaza, both of which directly endanger the security of the European Union. There are two other structural issues that also require urgent action: improving our relations with the so-called Global South and strengthening our defense and security capabilities.