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On 31 January 2024, Minister of Defence Yuriko Backes and Minister of Defence of the Republic of Estonia Hanno Pevkur, exchanged a Memorandum of Understanding regarding the contribution by Luxembourg Defence of 12 million euros to the renovation of the Ämari Air Base, Estonia. The exchange took place on the sidelines of the informal meeting of Defence ministers of the EU in Brussels.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Xavier Bettel, took part in the meeting of the General Affairs Council of the European Union, held in Brussels on 29 January 2024.

On his working visit to Japan, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Xavier Bettel, held bilateral talks in Tokyo with Yoko Kamikawa, Japan's Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Yoshimasa Hayashi, Chief Cabinet Secretary and President of the Luxembourg-Japan Parliamentary League.

On the occasion of his working visit to Japan, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Xavier Bettel, travelled to Osaka to take part in a ceremony marking the launch of construction work on the Luxembourg pavilion for the 2025 World Expo.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Xavier Bettel, took part in the meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) of the Council of the European Union, held in Brussels on 22 January 2024.

Joint Statement on DPRK-Russia Ballistic Missile Transfers “We condemn in the strongest possible terms the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (

Following his meetings in Israel, Minister Bettel paid a working visit to Palestine, starting with a bilateral meeting with the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Philippe Lazzarini, and a visit to the Amari refugee camp and its medical facilities.

Xavier Bettel, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Minister for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs, is currently on a working visit to Israel and Palestine.

On 5 January 2024, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Xavier Bettel, made a working visit to Berlin, where he was received by his German counterpart, Annalena Baerbock.

Statement of the Benelux countries: Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg condemn Russia’s decision to withdraw from the landmark Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE), a cornerstone of Europe’s security architecture. The Russian withdrawal comes at a time when Russia is waging an unprovoked, illegal and unjustified war of aggression against Ukraine.

The Luxembourg Minister for Foreign and European Affairs, Jean Asselborn, would like to recall his position on current events in Israel and Palestine, as expressed on RTL Tele on Tuesday 10 October, as well as in a tweet in the early morning hours of Sunday 8 October, just after the start of the terrorist attack.

Considering the current situation in Israel, the Luxembourg government strongly recommends that its citizens do not travel to Israel and the region.

Foreign Ministre Jean Asselborn is very concerned about the fate of the inhabitants of Masafer Yatta, including about what their displacement, if it were to be enforced, could mean for current efforts to achieve peace in the Middle East.

At the invitation of the Prime Minister, Minister of State, Xavier Bettel, the Minister for Patriots and Veterans of the Republic of Korea, Minshik Park, paid a courtesy visit to Luxembourg on 13 September 2023.

"At the invitation of the President of the Republic of Chile, Gabriel Boric, I am representing Luxembourg today, on 11 September 2023, at the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the military coup in Chile."