‘What the European Union has done over a couple of weeks is quite simply remarkable’ Blinken

Arriving at today’s extraordinary Foreign Affairs Council (4 March) in Brussels, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that since President Biden took office his first priority was to revitalize US alliances and partnerships, starting with the European Union. 

“Virtually everything that we're trying to do around the world that's affecting the lives of our citizens is more effective when we're doing it together,” said Blinken. “What the European Union has done over the space of a couple of weeks is quite simply remarkable. The speed with which it acted, the actions that it took, both with regard to sanctions and also support for Ukraine are, I think it's not an exaggeration to say, historic. And it only further validates for us the importance of this partnership.”

Blinken went on to describe the invasion of Ukraine as a war of President Putin’s choice, both unprovoked and unjustified. He stressed that the stakes were high and that if Putin were to succeed it would open a Pandora's box of trouble for the entire world. 

EU ministers were also joined by the Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly, UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.

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