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Catherine Margaret Ashton, Baroness Ashton of Upholland, LG, GCMG, PC (born 20 March 1956) is a British Labour politician who served as the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and First Vice President of the European Commission in the Barroso Commission from 2009 to 2014.
As High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy – Vice-President of the European Commission 1: Catherine Ashton (born 1956) 1 December 2009 1 November 2014 4 years, 335 days PES: Labour: Barroso II: United Kingdom: 2: Federica Mogherini (born 1973) 1 November 2014 [d] 30 November 2019 5 years, 29 days PES PD ...
The sixth round of nuclear negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 group started in Vienna on 2 July 2014. The parties are headed by Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and the EU's foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton. [21] John Kerry and Mohammad Javad Zarif conduct a bilateral meeting in Vienna, Austria, 14 July 2014
Shortly before the treaty came into force, Catherine Ashton was named HR and tasked with drawing up the structure of the new EEAS. Following the 2010 Haiti earthquake Ashton chaired a meeting of the foreign policy actors across the Commission, Council and member states to give a coordinated response to the disaster. Although she refused to ...
Catherine Ashton said that the EU position would depend on the wording of the proposal. [68] At the end of August, Israel's defence minister Ehud Barak told Ashton that Israel was seeking to influence the wording: "It is very important that all the players come up with a text that will emphasise the quick return to negotiations, without an ...
Catherine Ashton was responsible for External Trade. The Directorate General for Trade of the European Commission is in charge of implementing the external trade policy of the European Union. International trade is forefront of international relations. Louis Michel was responsible for Humanitarian Aid and Development Policy. A closely related ...
It expressed agreement with the EU's Foreign Policy Representative Catherine Ashton's declaration. Further, it stated that the opinion confirms the Czech policy towards Kosovo adopted upon recognition in May 2008. [43] Finland: Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb welcomed the advisory opinion. He also urged Serbia and Kosovo to look to the future ...
In April 2015, the Foreign Intelligence Service issued Estonia's Ministers specially encrypted iPhones after revelations that calls between Former Foreign Minister Urmas Paet and the then European Union Foreign Affairs and Security Policy High Representative Catherine Ashton were recorded and uploaded to YouTube. [5]