“In this renewed EU–African Union partnership, nothing meaningful or lasting can be achieved unless our parliaments are fully involved in shaping the agenda.”
- @europarl.europa.eu Vice-President @younousomarjee.bsky.social

The text of the Joint Declaration will follow!

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(...) it is only through open #dialogue that we can strengthen our reciprocal understanding and manage to establish effective cooperation".

-Aigul Kuspan, Chair of the Foreign Affairs, Security and Defense Committee, Kazakh Parliament, at the 22nd EU-Kazakhstan PCC.

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(...) In any case, know one thing: that as the European Union we are and will be at your side".

- Giusi Princi, Chair of the @europarl.europa.eu delegation for relations with Central Asia, at the 22nd EU-#Kazakhstan PCC.

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On the agenda:
🛡️ Circumvention of sanctions, Ukraine & the Middle-East
🛒 #trade & economic relations
🚈 transport & #connectivity
⚖️ #humanrights, rule of law, good governance
♻️ climate change, green transition & water management

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More exchanges between neighbours are needed, as well as the alignement of #GlobalGateway objectives with African priorities and the joint design of projects by Africans and Europeans.

@michaelgahler.bsky.social @muriellelaurent.bsky.social a.o.