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Good morning.

So we have a meeting coming up with the foreign ministers.

We have a lot of topics, although it's an informal meeting, so we don't really adopt decisions.

So first, we are going to discuss Russia's war against Ukraine. What more can we do?

We see that Russia does not want peace, although there are a lot of diplomatic efforts made to Bring Zelensky and Russia to the table,

then in relation to that, because it always comes up, we are going to have a deep dive into the frozen assets issue. There are pros and cons.

There are some sensitivities regarding this,

but we really have to have argument and debate about this.

What are the risks, because We can't possibly imagine, we have to have an exit strategy, we can't possibly imagine that if there is a ceasefire or a peace deal,

that these assets are given back to Russia if they haven't paid for the reparations,

and then we will have a discussion on the Middle East.

A lot is happening there as well, of course, the situation in Gaza, the humanitarian situation.

It's going to be discussed and what more can we do as the European Union.

We have made some proposals, but we haven't unfortunately moved on those.

The situation has not improved, so this is still very problematic,

and the news coming from Gaza are not very encouraging

when it comes to the new war zone of combat.

Or the ideas that come from there.

And then of course Iran, as you know, the snapback was started,

so now we have 30 days to really use the diplomatic efforts.

And then last but not least, we will discuss the working methods, and that is about how we can be more effective to

adopt decisions at the Foreign Affairs councils in the European foreign policy

to be more as a geopolitical power also on the global scene.

So I will be able to answer your

questions later on for the press conference on sanctions.

Well, I'm not very optimistic because even the option that we propose,

which is quite a lenient one when it comes to their participation in the Horizon program,

even there we don't have a qualified majority together.

We will of course discuss,

there are a lot of proposals made so that those countries who haven't been.

Supportive that they could come on board, but this is,

I'm not very optimistic and today we are definitely not going to adopt decisions.

It sends a signal that we are divided about this issue and that's when we are divided

we don't have a unified voice and we don't, if you don't have a unified voice then.

On this topic, we don't have a voice on the global scene,

so that's definitely very problematic.

Then on the decision on the question regarding the UN,

what is happening there, first we have to get the facts straight. We will definitely discuss this today.

And and then of course, we are supporting the principles that the United Nations is a place for all the nations who have a status,

so we will definitely discuss, but first we have to get the facts straight. Thank you.