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EU foreign affairs chief hopes for new sanctions on Iran

Foreign ministers from the bloc will at a meeting discuss allegations that Iran is delivering drones to Russia in its war against Ukraine.

• October 17, 2022
Josep Borrell
Josep Borrell [Photo Credit :Socialists & Democrats]

European Union Foreign Affairs Chief Josep Borrell says he hopes the bloc’s foreign ministers will approve new sanctions on Iran at a meeting in Luxembourg.

“There’s a package of sanctions on the table in order to support the brave women and the demonstrators in Iran,” Mr Borrell said arriving at the meeting on Monday.

“I hope the ministers will also approve this package,” Mr Borrell said, adding that the ministers will also discuss allegations that Iran is delivering drones to Russia while looking “for concrete evidence”.

The EU’s top diplomat also expects ministers to give their formal approval to an EU training mission for about 15,000 Ukrainian soldiers and approve another 500 million euros ($487.3 million) in military aid for Ukraine.

“We have to continue supporting Ukraine and we will,” Me Borrell said, referring to a UNICEF report that child poverty in the region has risen by 19 per cent in recent months.

(dpa/NAN)

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