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Thank you very much, dear Prime Minister, for welcoming me here in Ramallah. First about our support, indeed, to Palestine. For many years now, the European Union has been supporting Palestine and the Palestinian people. As Team Europe, we are the largest donor in Palestine

Thank you for the warm welcome I receive here in Jerusalem. And indeed, the European Union and Israel share ties and unique bonds because we have a shared history and we share values.

Thank you very much Mr President, dear Volodymyr, Thank you for your words and thank you for welcoming me for the second time now here in Kyiv. I am deeply touched and humbled by the strength and the resilience of the Ukrainian people.

Monday 13 June and Tuesday 14, President von der Leyen will be in Israel, to take EU-Israeli relations forward, in particular on energy cooperation.

The decision taken by Algeria to suspend the Treaty of friendship and good neighbourly relations signed with Spain in 2002 is of utmost concern. We are assessing the implications of the Algerian actions, including the instruction given to the financial institutions to stop transactions between the

The European Commission has launched an ambitious €20 million action to support the Ukrainian innovation community. Through a targeted amendment of the 2022 European Innovation Council (EIC) work programme, the new initiative will support at least 200 Ukrainian deep tech start-ups with up to €60,000

High Representative/Vice-President Josep Borrell and Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Oliver Várhelyi will travel to Jordan for the 14th EU-Jordan Association Council on 2 June and for a number of bilateral engagements.

Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Olivér Várhelyi, will travel to Cairo on 31 May and 1 June to discuss the state of play of and outlook for EU-Egypt relations with the Egyptian authorities. It will be an opportunity to exchange views on the implementation of the EU's Economic and

Indeed, we had a very good discussion tonight. And I am very glad that the Leaders were able to agree in principle on the sixth sanctions package. This is very important. Thanks to this, the Council should now be able to finalise a ban on almost 90% of all Russian oil imports by the end of the year.