EU urges US to reconsider ban on Palestinian officials attending UN assembly

Vice President of the European Commission Kaja Kallas, Deputy Secretary General of NATO Radmila Sekerinska and Danish Minister of Defense Troels Lund Poulsen attend the informal EU Defense Ministers’ meeting in Copenhagen, Aug. 29, 2025. (Reuters)

• Kallas said she had asked EU governments to submit proposals for new sanctions against Russia

COPENHAGEN: European Union foreign ministers have urged the United States to reconsider its decision not to allow Palestinian officials to take part in the UN General Assembly in New York, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Saturday.

Speaking after a meeting of the ministers in the Danish capital Copenhagen, Kallas also said she had asked EU governments to submit proposals next week for another package of sanctions against Russia over its war in Ukraine.