Foreign ministers of the European Union (EU) countries held an informal meeting in New York, where they were present, on the occasion of the 78th General Assembly of the United Nations (UN).
Speaking to the press after the meeting, Borrell said that the EU and its members will meet with 133 countries on the margins of the UN General Assembly and that the main agenda will be "climate change, sustainable development goals, reform in the international financial architecture and Russia's war in Ukraine."
"We want to continue working with Ukraine to ensure the support of as many UN members as possible for the peace formula. For this purpose, all our ministers will continue their intensive contacts with their partners," Borrell said.
Stating that EU foreign ministers discussed the security commitments to be made to Ukraine at the meeting, Borrell stated that the foreign ministers' meeting to be held in the coming weeks will be held in Kiev for the first time.
“WE CANNOT SIT AND WAIT FOR THEM TO ARRIVE”
Borrell answered a question about the failure of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping, permanent members of the UN Security Council, to come to New York.
"We have to keep working. We can't sit and wait for them to come. We have an emergency. People die every day. The sooner it ends, the better to prevent loss of life. First of all, Ukrainians, Russian soldiers and everyone else in the world affected by the war," Borrell answered.