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Jean Asselborn, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, signed today with Frank Rijsberman, Director-General at the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), an Agreement that will provide GGGI with the necessary legal and institutional status to allow it to establish an office in Luxembourg.

On the occasion of the public celebration of the birthday of HRH the Grand Duke, members of the Grand Duke's family and the government attended the festivities organised in Lellingen (municipality of Kiischpelt), Esch-sur-Alzette and Luxembourg City on 22nd and 23rd June 2022.

At the invitation of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bisera Turkovic, the Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Jean Asselborn, made a working visit to Sarajevo on 15 June 2022.

At the invitation of the Slovenian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tanja Fajon, the Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Jean Asselborn, made a working visit to Ljubljana on 14 June 2022.

At the invitation of the President of the Portuguese Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, TT.RR.HH. the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess visited the Portuguese Republic from 11 to 12 May 2022.

The Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Jean Asselborn, accompanied by the Minister of the Economy, Franz Fayot, and the President of the Chamber of Commerce, Luc Frieden, welcomed the ambassadors and representatives of the ten countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for a working lunch at the Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday 4 May 2022.

Interview with Jean Asselborn in The Hindu

Interview with Jean Asselborn in The Economic Times

The Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs and the Ministry of Labour, Employment and the Social and Solidarity Economy wish to provide information on the temporary protection status, in particular regarding the procedure to follow and the rights conferred.

Before my interview this morning on the radio station 100,7, I had just heard the description by the mayor of Kharkiv of the dramatic situation in his city. He said that Putin's troops were completely destroying Kharkiv, even a hospital had been bombed, many, many civilians had lost their lives in the street fights and more were certain to follow.

Interview with Jean Asselborn in Delano

"I condemn the announcement by Israeli authorities, on 24 October, regarding the publication of tenders for the construction of more than 1,300 housing units in Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, as well as a tender for the construction of an additional 83 units in Givat Hamatos in East Jerusalem."

Interview with Jean Asselborn in EURACTIV

Today, on behalf of Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Jean Asselborn, the Director for Political Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, called the Ambassador of the Republic of Belarus in Brussels, accredited to Luxembourg, in order to express Luxembourg's strong protest at the inadmissible step of the authorities of the Republic of Belarus.

Declaration of Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden.