Foreign Secretary at the Foreign Affairs Council
The Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, spoke to the media on arrival at the EU Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) in Brussels.
The Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, said:
Today [March 6] we are going to be having a discussion about the continued role of the EU in defence and security and clearly this is something that the UK supports. We are always going to be part of Europe鈥檚 wider security architecture provided, of course, that it does not undermine NATO. NATO is the cornerstone of our Atlantic alliance and of our defence.
We鈥檒l be having discussions about Ukraine and what we can collectively do to shore up Ukraine in view of the various threats that it faces. I鈥檒l be briefing the Council along with my Polish colleague 鈥� Witold Waszczykowski 鈥� about our recent trip to Kiev and what we were able to discuss with President Poroshenko and Foreign Minister Klimkin about the struggles that they face, and the threats that they face, particularly in Eastern Ukraine.
We鈥檒l also have a discussion with Sameh Shoukry 鈥� the Egyptian Foreign Minister 鈥� and we鈥檒l be talking again about what we in Europe can do to shore up Egypt as it makes its important progress towards democracy and greater reform.
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