Paola Pampaloni
@PAMPALONIPAOLA
Deputy Managing Director, Asia and Pacific Department and Indo Pacific Special Envoy at the European External Action Service (EEAS). European Union 🇪🇺
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Today, we take the relationship with the Philippines to another level Our new Security and Defence Dialogue will deepen our cooperation in areas, such as maritime security, cyber security, foreign information manipulation and crisis response. Press conference with @SecManalo ↓
Today’s EU-Japan summit is about further deepening our strategic partnership with concrete actions— especially in three key areas: - Security and defence - Multilateralism - Trade and economic security ↓
🇪🇺🤝🇯🇵 Today, President @vonderLeyen heads to Japan for the 30th EU–Japan Summit. The Summit will focus on trade, green and digital innovation, security, and defence cooperation. Strong partnership. Shared future.
Following yesterday’s annual EU-Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue, the fifth EU-Vietnam Political Sub-Committee 🇪🇺🇻🇳 – under the EU-Vietnam Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (PCA) – took place today in Hanoi. The event encompassed in-depth and constructive exchanges on current…
The EU Delegation in Bangladesh is deeply saddened by today’s crash of a Bangladesh Air Force F‑7 training jet into Milestone School & College in Uttara. Our hearts are with the victims, their families, and all those affected.
Today I co-chaired with DG Phạm Hải Anh the 13th EU - Vietnam Human Rights Dialogue in Hanoi. This dialogue confirms the importance we attach to the human rights pillar of our partnership 🇪🇺🇻🇳


🇪🇺 @eucopresident António Costa will travel to Japan and China to represent the EU together with President @vonderleyen in the EU-Japan Summit on 23 July and EU-China Summit on 24 July. Press release ↓
Great to be in Brussels for the 🇪🇺🇵🇰 Political Dialogue, lots to discuss. @eu_eeas @amnabaloch4 @EUPakistan @ForeignOfficePk
Foreign Secretary, Ambassador Amna Baloch @amnabaloch4, led 🇵🇰 delegation at the 10th Pakistan–EU Political Dialogue held today in Brussels. The 🇪🇺 delegation was led by Deputy Secretary-General of the @eu_eeas, Ambassador Olaf Skoog. The Dialogue provided an important…
The European Union’s partnership with Indonesia has never been more important. Today’s political agreement on trade is a key step in deepening ties and broadening cooperation between the EU and Indonesia which together represent a market of over 700 million people. During our…
Great meeting today in EEAS with 2 young and dinamic NZ MPs, Minister @JamesMeagerMP and Laura McClure, to discuss EU-@NewZealand_NZ relations.

Honoured to co-chair with Mrs. Krongkanit Rakcharoen the 1st ever EU-Thailand Joint Committee! A milestone in our Partnership and Cooperation Agreement . We stated our shared commitment to deepening EU-Thailand ties & fostering a deeper, more prosperous partnership.



In Brussels, during the 🇹🇲–🇪🇺 Human Rights Dialogue, Deputy FM Gurbanov met with EEAS Asia Director @PAMPALONIPAOLA Pampaloni. Focused on regional security & Afghanistan. Turkmenistan reaffirmed its neutral, constructive role in supporting peace, connectivity & development
2nd Steering Committee of ESIWA+ (Enhancing the European Union’s Security Cooperation In and With Asia) took place today in Brussels eeas.europa.eu/eeas/esiwa-enh…

EU and China held the 40th Human Rights Dialogue in Brussels, following a field visit to South Tyrol. Discussions covered a broad range of human rights issues. EU reiterated its concerns over the deterioration of fundamental freedoms in China ➡️ eeas.europa.eu/eeas/china-40t…
Today, we hosted the first ever EU–India Strategic Dialogue. This is a big step forward for our partnership — tackling issues such as maritime security, space and paving the way for deeper defence cooperation. My press conference with @DrSJaishankar ↓
🌍 At Expo Osaka, EU Delegations from across Asia & the Pacific visited the EU Pavilion, German Pavilion & 11 Pacific Island nations’ pavilions! 🤝 Joined by reps from the EEAS, Council of the EU & EU Trade Offices in HK, Macao & Taiwan, celebrating global cooperation &…
Today, we commemorate the #TiananmenSquare crackdown on #June4 1989. We light candles to honour those who lost their lives and to express solidarity with those who can no longer practice peaceful remembrance in public. (1/2)
If you reject unilateralism, bullying and aggression. If you choose instead cooperation, shared prosperity and security, the EU will always be by your side. My speech at Shangri-La Dialogue ↓
Today I met with Ambassador Geela Ali to discuss preparations for the first EU-Maldives Partnership Dialogue under the Samoa Agreement, to be held in Brussels next month.
