The meeting of EU foreign affairs ministers comes a day after Russia launched another massive attack of drones and missiles against Ukraine.
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00:00European foreign affairs chiefs arrived in Brussels on Monday for the final EU foreign
00:07affairs council meeting in Josep Borrell's five-year term. The meeting comes amid a proposal
00:12from the EU foreign chief to pause diplomatic dialogue with Israel in response to its conduct
00:18in the Middle East.
00:19Josep Borrell, EU foreign affairs chief, Brussels
00:2070% of the people being killed in Gaza, 70% are women or children. And if you have a look
00:27at the ages, the most frequent ages of casualties, the most frequent ages are children below
00:37nine years old.
00:40Upon arrival, the Dutch foreign minister disagreed with Borrell's proposal.
00:44The past few months, the high representative was pushing for a political dialogue between
00:51the EU and the Israeli minister. Fully pushing for that, we were all pushing for that to
00:56have to take place still this year. Now apparently the high rep takes a 180 degree turn. I don't
01:03fully grasp that.
01:04In addition, Washington has given permission for Ukraine to use U.S.-supplied long-range
01:08missiles to strike deeper inside Russia, which remains an option for France as well.
01:14We openly said that this was an option that we would consider if it was to allow to strike
01:24targets from where Russians are currently aggressing Ukrainian territory. So nothing
01:31new on the other side.
01:32Borrell criticized the bloc for taking too long to offer support for Ukraine, saying
01:37the EU needs to stop discussing and start acting.