🇮🇱 The images circulating of the treatment of the Flotilla activists are deeply disturbing. People held captive, bound, forced face down, and a government minister broadcasting their humiliation on social media. Belgian citizens are among those detained. This situation is unacceptable. (1/4)

Excellent meeting with @SecGenNATO Mark Rutte today. We exchanged views ahead of my visit to Helsingborg for the NATO Foreign Ministers’ meeting, where we will prepare the upcoming NATO Summit and focus on what matters most: keeping our Alliance strong, credible and ready. (1/2)

🇪🇺 Good to finally discuss international cooperation through a humanitarian lens at today’s Foreign Affairs Council on Development. (1/6)

🇦🇪 The reported drone strike near the Barakah nuclear power plant in the UAE is highly alarming. Any military activity affecting or threatening nuclear facilities is unacceptable and risks consequences far beyond national borders. (1/2)

🇲🇩 In Chișinău today for the 135th ministerial session of the Council of Europe @CoE. 46 member states around the table. In a Europe shaken by war, polarisation and foreign interference, this organisation must remain our democratic anchor. Three priorities for Belgium. (1/7)

🇺🇦 Last night, Russia launched 1,560 drones and 56 missiles against Ukraine. It was one of the most devastating attacks since the start of this war. (1/5)

🇹🇷 (EN/FR) Five days in Turkey (Istanbul and Ankara) for the first Belgian trade mission led by Her Majesty Queen Mathilde @MonarchieBe, the largest (428 participants) ever organised in that country. Turkey is our fifth-largest trading partner and we are the eighth-largest investor there. (1/22)

🇺🇦 Nearly 20,500 Ukrainian children were deported and forcibly transferred to Russia since the start of this war. Children ripped from their families, their homes, their identity. Subjected to indoctrination, militarised education, forced adoption. (1/5)

🇮🇱🇵🇸 After months of deadlock, thanks to the change of government in Budapest, the EU decided today on new additional sanctions against violent Israeli settlers and settler organisations, as well as against leading Hamas figures. (1/5)

🇨🇳 From 27 April until 1 May, I paid a visit to China. The visits to several cities allowed me to discover the many ways in which Belgium and China cooperate. (1/16)

🇺🇦 Belgium joins the growing coalition supporting the establishment of the Special Tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine. (1/4)

🇺🇳 Today in Geneva, I represented Belgium for its 4th Universal Periodic Review at the @UNHumanRights Council. An exercise where every UN member state has its human rights record examined by its peers. All 193 countries, on equal footing. (1/5)

🇺🇳 Today in Geneva, I represented Belgium for its 4th Universal Periodic Review at the @UNHumanRights Council. An exercise where every UN member state has its human rights record examined by its peers. All 193 countries, on equal footing. (1/5)

🇺🇳 Good to meet @DrTedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus today and to reaffirm Belgium's commitment to the @WHO. Not just in words, but in funding. Despite budgetary pressures across the board, Belgium has increased its voluntary contributions. More for research on tropical diseases. (1/7)

🇺🇳 Good to meet @DrTedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus today and to reaffirm Belgium's commitment to the @WHO. Not just in words, but in funding. Despite budgetary pressures across the board, Belgium has increased its voluntary contributions. More for research on tropical diseases. (1/7)

🇺🇸 Mr. Ambassador @BillWhiteUSA, I urge you to exercise greater restraint and to view your role in its proper context. It is inappropriate to publicly criticize a country and tarnish its image simply because you disagree with judicial proceedings. I have already told you this. (1/4)

🇺🇸 Mr. Ambassador @BillWhiteUSA, I urge you to exercise greater restraint and to view your role in its proper context. It is inappropriate to publicly criticize a country and tarnish its image simply because you disagree with judicial proceedings. I have already told you this. (1/4)

🇮🇱 Enough with these caricatures, Minister @gidonsaar. (1/4)

🇮🇱 Enough with these caricatures, Minister @gidonsaar. (1/4)

🇯🇵 Pleased to welcome Japanese Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Yoshimasa Hayashi to the Egmont Palace. He is someone who has fostered for over twenty years the friendship between our two countries. That is something we deeply respect. (1/2)

🇯🇵 Pleased to welcome Japanese Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Yoshimasa Hayashi to the Egmont Palace. He is someone who has fostered for over twenty years the friendship between our two countries. That is something we deeply respect. (1/2)

🇺🇦 Belgium fully supports President Zelenskyy's announcement of an open-ended ceasefire starting tonight. Ukraine is choosing peace, not for two days, not for a parade, but as a genuine offer to stop the killing. (1/5)

🇺🇦 Belgium fully supports President Zelenskyy's announcement of an open-ended ceasefire starting tonight. Ukraine is choosing peace, not for two days, not for a parade, but as a genuine offer to stop the killing. (1/5)

🇦🇪 I express my full solidarity with and support to the people of the United Arab Emirates, who have been again today the victims of unjustified Iranian attacks. I condemn what is a clear violation of international law. Territorial integrity of the Gulf countries must be respected. (1/2)

🇦🇪 I express my full solidarity with and support to the people of the United Arab Emirates, who have been again today the victims of unjustified Iranian attacks. I condemn what is a clear violation of international law. Territorial integrity of the Gulf countries must be respected. (1/2)

These allegations are false and completely unfounded. There has been no transfer of arms from Belgium to Burundi. (1/4)

These allegations are false and completely unfounded. There has been no transfer of arms from Belgium to Burundi. (1/4)

🇸🇪🇮🇷 (EN/FR/NL) I met today with Vida Mehrannia, the wife of Dr Ahmadreza Djalali, who has been arbitrarily detained in Iran since 2016. It is a conversation that stays with you. Ten years of uncertainty, ten years of fighting for the person you love. (1/9)

🇸🇪🇮🇷 (EN/FR/NL) I met today with Vida Mehrannia, the wife of Dr Ahmadreza Djalali, who has been arbitrarily detained in Iran since 2016. It is a conversation that stays with you. Ten years of uncertainty, ten years of fighting for the person you love. (1/9)

🇪🇺 In Luxembourg today for a full agenda at the Foreign Affairs Council with my European colleagues. (1/12)

🇪🇺 In Luxembourg today for a full agenda at the Foreign Affairs Council with my European colleagues. (1/12)

🇧🇩 Pleased to welcome Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr. Khalilur Rahman @BDMOFA to Brussels for his first visit to Europe as Minister. A significant moment, and the beginning of a new chapter in our bilateral relations. (1/6)

🇧🇩 Pleased to welcome Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr. Khalilur Rahman @BDMOFA to Brussels for his first visit to Europe as Minister. A significant moment, and the beginning of a new chapter in our bilateral relations. (1/6)

🇦🇲 Just had an enriching call with my colleague, Minister @AraratMirzoyan. We discussed ways to strengthen our bilateral relations as well as EU–Armenia cooperation, and exchanged views on the developments in the wider region. (1/2)

🇦🇲 Just had an enriching call with my colleague, Minister @AraratMirzoyan. We discussed ways to strengthen our bilateral relations as well as EU–Armenia cooperation, and exchanged views on the developments in the wider region. (1/2)

🇵🇸 Good to meet Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa @PalestinePMO again today in the margins of the Global Alliance conference. (1/5)

🇵🇸 Good to meet Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa @PalestinePMO again today in the margins of the Global Alliance conference. (1/5)

🇵🇸🇮🇱 Sixty countries and eight international organisations gathered today at the Egmont Palace in Brussels for the 9th meeting of the Global Alliance for the Implementation of the Two-State Solution. (1/5)

🇵🇸🇮🇱 Sixty countries and eight international organisations gathered today at the Egmont Palace in Brussels for the 9th meeting of the Global Alliance for the Implementation of the Two-State Solution. (1/5)

🇧🇦My mission to the Western Balkans ended with a visit that reminds us that stability and security in the Balkans are essential: Srebrenica, sadly known for the genocide that took place there in 1995. (1/6)

🇧🇦My mission to the Western Balkans ended with a visit that reminds us that stability and security in the Balkans are essential: Srebrenica, sadly known for the genocide that took place there in 1995. (1/6)

(FR/EN/NL) 🇫🇷🇱🇧 Un casque bleu français tué ce matin au sud-Liban. Trois autres blessés lors d’une attaque contre la @UNIFIL_ . La Belgique exprime sa condamnation la plus ferme et son entière solidarité avec la France, avec ses forces armées et avec les familles touchées. (1/9)

(FR/EN/NL) 🇫🇷🇱🇧 Un casque bleu français tué ce matin au sud-Liban. Trois autres blessés lors d’une attaque contre la @UNIFIL_ . La Belgique exprime sa condamnation la plus ferme et son entière solidarité avec la France, avec ses forces armées et avec les familles touchées. (1/9)

🇧🇦 My presence in Sarajevo yesterday allowed me to reaffirm Belgium’s engagement in and for Bosnia and Herzegovina through regional, multilateral and bilateral channels, notably through Belgium’s participation in EUFOR Althea. (1/7)

🇧🇦 My presence in Sarajevo yesterday allowed me to reaffirm Belgium’s engagement in and for Bosnia and Herzegovina through regional, multilateral and bilateral channels, notably through Belgium’s participation in EUFOR Althea. (1/7)

🇽🇰 Last time I was in Pristina, it was to sign a cooperation agreement in my former capacity as mayor of Namur. This time, I am back in Kosova as Minister of Foreign Affairs, and it’s a real pleasure. (1/8)

🇽🇰 Last time I was in Pristina, it was to sign a cooperation agreement in my former capacity as mayor of Namur. This time, I am back in Kosova as Minister of Foreign Affairs, and it’s a real pleasure. (1/8)

🇱🇧🇮🇱 I welcome the announcement of a ten-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon. It must now be confirmed on the ground. This is an important first step after weeks of devastating violence. (1/10)

🇱🇧🇮🇱 I welcome the announcement of a ten-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon. It must now be confirmed on the ground. This is an important first step after weeks of devastating violence. (1/10)

🇲🇰 North Macedonia is a country with which Belgium shares deep and long‑standing ties. The vibrant Macedonian community in Belgium and our close cooperation in difficult moments — including last year’s Kočani tragedy — continue to strengthen our partnership. (1/4)