The European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Vice-President of the European Commission Josep Borrell announced that Member States will discuss a proposal next Monday. Assign a mission of “training and organizational assistance” of the Ukrainian army, as in 17 other countries.
The measure will be discussed at the Council of Defense Ministers in Prague, and Borrell is confident that he will approve this directive, which will take place. “in neighboring countries” Ukrainebut not on the territory of this country.
“It seems plausible that an ongoing and seemingly lasting war would require effort not only to provide supplies but also to help train and organize the army,” Borrell said at a press conference in Santander. On the occasion of the “Quo valleys Europa” course directed by Menéndez Pelayo International University.
Borrell explained The UK is already training the Ukrainian military and the EU is already doing this with other countries it cooperates with such as Mali, Niger, Chad or Mozambique.
The head of European diplomacy, who did not want to give more details about the operation, the deal still “must be fake”, He believes it will be “an important mission” because it is a “large-scale war”.
“We were before conventional warfare, not of truth, not of asymmetry, neither of the guerrillas nor of your attacks. This means mobilization, hundreds of thousands of soldiers. Any task should equate to conflict. “Ten million Ukrainians, 20% of Spain’s population, have left their country,” Borrell said.
In this sense, the European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs responded to the president of Cantabria, Miguel Ángel Revilla, who expressed himself in this way in a recent interview, confirming that this conflict was not a “little war”. To the weekly ‘World’ newspaper.
“The war in Ukraine is not a small war as the head of this community says” In his speech at the opening of this course, he emphasized that in addition to the conflict in Ukraine, he will also touch on other conflicts that affect the international scene and relations between countries, although they do not have the same repercussions.
asked about the danger A possible disaster at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, Borrell insisted in a message from United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres that “launched a solemn warning to disarm the periphery of this city”.
“The EU has also called for the cessation of attacks.. Russia shutting down the plant, not jeopardizing the maintenance”, Borrell confirmed that yes, he was the one who announced that the Russian Army had disconnected the nuclear power plant from the Ukrainian power grid in order to connect it to the Russian power grid.
italian elections
Asked about the elections to be held on September 25 in Italy and whether he was worried about the far right ruling the country, Borrell said that he preferred not to comment on the likes due to his influence as the head of European diplomacy, but underlined this. Good relations with Mario Draghi, the current head of the Italian Council of Ministers, who is also responsible for the European Central Bank. Borrell evaluated Draghi as “very attached” to Europe, “European” and expressed his support for Ukraine.
“I don’t know what the next government’s attitude will be, but everyone in Brussels is following the elections very carefully.” have apostille