Foreign Affairs Council, main results - Hoofdinhoud
Main results
Current affairs
The High Representative and foreign ministers had an exchange of views on the most pressing issues on the international agenda. In particular, they expressed their concern over developments in Libya. They urged all parties to implement immediately a humanitarian truce, refrain from any further military escalation and return to the negotiations. They reiterated their full support for the efforts of the UN Special Representative Ghassan Salamé in working towards peace and stability in Libya.
Foreign ministers also referred to the implementation of the penal code order in Brunei-Darussalam and expressed their strong opposition to cruel and degrading punishments, prohibited by the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment which was signed by Brunei-Darussalam in 2015.
In relation to the 1996 Helms-Burton Act, the Council reiterated the EU i’s strong opposition to the extraterritorial application of unilateral restrictive measures, which it considers contrary to international law.
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