The meeting wasn’t announced until the last moment for security reasons.

The foreign ministers of the European Union (EU) have arrived in Kyiv for the first meeting of the 27 member states ever held outside the EU.

“We are convening a historic meeting of EU Foreign Ministers here in Ukraine, candidate country and future member of the EU. We are here to express our solidarity and support to the Ukrainian people.” the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Policy, Josep Borrell, posted on the social network X.

We are convening a historic meeting of EU Foreign Ministers here in Ukraine, candidate country and future member of the EU.

We are here to express our solidarity and support to the Ukrainian people.

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