Foreign ministers from European Union member states are meeting in Brussels today (15 August) for an emergency summit called by Catherine Ashton, the EU’s foreign policy chief, earlier this week.
The ministers will discuss three ongoing conflicts that have come to a head: Russian troops amassing on the Ukraine border, the Islamic State militia’s takeover of Northern Iraq and its massacre of minorities, and Israel’s military assault on Gaza.
The situation in Iraq is the most urgent of the three. France and Italy have been pushing for a meeting to discuss the worsening situation, where militant group the Islamic State of Iraq …read more
Source: European Voice
