Providing security along 5,700 kilometers of border is a daunting task in a country with only 55,000 defence and security forces. It is in this context that EUCAP Sahel Niger’s Mobile Border Units are helping Niger to respond more decisively and flexibly to security threats.
HR/VP Blog - After Chile, I visited Panama last week to attend the first ever joint SICA[1]-CARICOM[2] meeting with the EU. Both organizations bring together 21 member countries in Central America and the Caribbean. The message from the region was loud and clear: the EU needs to be more present.
Volunteers continue to support the children, women, and men of Ukraine, even from one of the smallest countries in Europe. Two Maltese cousins, Lorna and Douglas, made their way to Moldova to assist a Community Centre in Dancu Tabita and other NGOs in Ukraine in their work with Ukrainian refugees.
HR/VP Blog – Last week, I travelled to Chile, making my second visit to Latin America during my mandate. Chile is an important partner of the EU and we are about to finalise the modernisation of our 2002 Association Agreement, the oldest one in the region.
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