
Lars-Gunnar Wigemark
@larsgwigemark
Senior Adviser EEAS Policy Planning & Strategic Foresight, former Head of EULEX Kosovo, EUSR and EU ambassador to Bosnia & Herzegovina and Pakistan
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08-09-2014 09:13:39
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The United Nations values and principles we adhered to eighty years ago remain the same. Our geopolitical context is changing, but you can count on the EU as the UN’s most reliable partner. My address at the United Nations Security Council ↓ x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

This year marks 80 years since the foundation of the United Nations. And it is facing unprecedented pressure. Press statement following the United Nations Security Council ↓ x.com/i/broadcasts/1…



Today, HR/VP Kaja Kallas and the EU Commission presented the White Paper on the future of European Defence – Readiness 2030: a blueprint for action. Read more: europa.eu/!J9qy7c


“If disinformation is a bullet through the heart of democracy, FIMI is the gun, the shooter, and their entire arsenal.” HR/VP Kaja Kallas This week, 250 FIMI experts met in Brussels to expose perpetrators’ tactics & boost work against FIMI. Full Report: europa.eu/!kCQYpN

Last night at 03.30, a medical evacuation flight from 🇫🇮 and a team from 🇸🇪 Karolinska Univ.sjuk took off from Skopje, carrying two more patients to Stockholm for medical treatment at Karolinska University Hospital. #EUCivilProtectionMechanism 1/2👇





Together with EU Foreign Ministers, we gathered in Poland to address key priorities: 🔹 strengthening Ukraine’s position 🔹 deepening ties with the United Kingdom 🔹 and advancing a positive EU-US agenda LIVE press conference with Radosław Sikorski 🇵🇱🇪🇺 ↓ x.com/i/broadcasts/1…



Spoke with Iranian FM Seyed Abbas Araghchi. Risk of further escalation in the region is dangerously high. Diplomacy must prevail. The EU has always been clear: Iran must never be allowed to acquire a nuclear weapon. Only diplomacy can lead to a lasting solution. The EU is ready to support.


Many thanks to President Donald J. Trump Trump and his envoy Gen. Keith Kellogg for having negotiated the release of several political prisoners from Belarus – among them Swedish citizen Galina Krasnyanskaya and Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya's husband Siarhei Tsikhanouski. The release shows the importance of

EU accession talks with Albania progress faster than ever. In European Parliament, I reiterated that progress in negotiations is a clear sign of 🇦🇱's commitment & continued 🇪🇺 support. A whole of society involvement will be crucial to achieve 🇦🇱's goal to close negotiations by 2027.

Progress on the EU path is the best guarantee for the stability & prosperity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In European Parliament, I stressed the need for 🇧🇦 to deliver on reforms identified by the European Commission. We keep supporting 🇧🇦's EU accession as a united & sovereign country.
