On 18 March 2024, Josep Borrell Fontelles, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, chaired the 4013rd meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels, Belgium. 

The EU Ministers for Foreign Affairs started with an informal exchange of views via VTC with Antony Blinken, US Secretary of State. The Council then discussed the Russian aggression against Ukraine, followed by an informal exchange of views with Dmytro Kuleba, Ukrainian Minister for Foreign Affairs, who joined via VTC. The Council then exchanged views on Belarus, followed by a discussion on the situation in the Middle East. Under current affairs, the Council touched on Armenia and Azerbaijan, Niger and Haiti.

This video shows a doorstep given by Josep Borrell Fontelles on this occasion.