Foreign relations of the European Union

EU to Serbia: Russian market is ours

BRUSSELS -- The EU expects candidates for membership not take advantage of Russia's counter-sanctions by taking the place of EU food exporters to the Russian market.

This includes Serbia and in particular Turkey - as well as Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Switzerland - the Beta news agency is reporting.

Romania's Foreign Minister Titus Corlatean will participate in a Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) meeting on Tuesday, where the current situation in the region will be discussed, as well as the fact that a Malaysian Airlines aircraft was downed on Ukraine's soil, at the border with the Russian Federation.

U.S. wants to see "strong EU foreign policy chief"

After Catherine Ashton leaves office as EU's foreign policy chief, the United States would like to see "a strong personality" take over.

This is according to Michael Leigh, senior advisor to the German Marshall Fund (GMF) of the United States, whose analysis was published on the organization's website.

Poland has nominated its Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski to become the next EU foreign policy chief.

The country's Prime Minister Donald Tusk was quoted by the BBC as saying that Sikorski would be a "natural candidate".

In Tusk's view, "Poland has gained such influence in foregn policy" that the position would be within the scope" of its interests.