Toivo Klaar
Baku/18.07.22/Turan: The Council has today adopted a series of decisions extending the mandates of four EU Special Representatives (EUSRs), reads a press release of the Council of the EU.
Among them is Toivo Klaar who had his mandate as EUSR for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia extended for an additional year, until 31 August 2023.
He was first appointed on 13 November 2017.
The EU Special Representatives are proposed by the High Representative to promote the EU's policies and interests in specific regions and countries, and provide the EU with an active political presence in those areas. The first EUSRs were appointed in 1996.
Currently, nine EUSRs support the work of the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell. These include the four special representatives mentioned above, as well as the EUSRs in Bosnia and Herzegovina and in Kosovo, and the EUSRs for Central Asia, the Middle East Peace Process, and Human Rights. -0-
Politics
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