“At today’s Council of Ministers, I will demand a detailed discussion of the evacuation of European citizens from Khartun, from Sudan.

Yesterday I already had a corresponding conversation with Josep Borrell, and he accepted my request.

In addition, I would like to thank Josep Borrell for his great efforts, as well as French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna, German Foreign Minister Analena Berbock and Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani for the assistance they provided during the evacuation. Greek citizens from Hartun.

But I would like to say something else. At the very least, it is contradictory to vote for texts like the military compass, and even with triumphant tones, and then not be able at the European level, despite the efforts of the High Representative, to organize a pan-European evacuation operation. Europe is judged by its ability to respond to crises, and as a Europe, I want to say, in the crisis in Sudan, we did not get a very good assessment.

Source: RES-IPE