External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met the European Commission Vice President Kaja Kallas on Wednesday. The leaders held talks on deepening the India-EU Strategic Partnership.
The 19th package of sanctions against Russia introduces a gradual phase out of imports of Russian LNG, blacklists "shadow fleet" of vessels, restricts movement of Russian diplomats. It also sanctions banks and cryptocurrencies and imposes restrictions on companies from India and China.
The Council confirmed that imports of Russian gas will be prohibited from January 2026, while maintaining a transition period for existing short term contracts from June 2026 whereas long-term contracts may run until January 1, 2028.
"No, it's not nice. I mean, to see that really a person put to the arrest ward by the ICC is coming to a European country. And again, you know, the question is whether there's any outcome out of this," Kallas said.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar participated in a special informal meeting of EU Foreign Ministers, hosted by EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in New York.
Szijjarto posted on X, the letter he sent to EU foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas demanding action. "Individuals and groups linked to the so-called Antifa ideology have carried out numerous terrorist attacks across the European Union, including in Germany, France, and Italy," he wrote.
Kallas said the division is negatively affecting the global credibility of the EU, and expressed disappointment about not being able to reach unity among ministers.
EU Ministers of Foreign Affairs will hold a meeting next Monday in Brussels, to be chaired by Kaja Kallas, European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.
The ceasefire announcement between Israel and Iran has been described as "good news" but still "remains fragile" by EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission, Kaja Kallas, who noted that this was the moment that all partie