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The Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs wishes to inform that the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg has acted on the Council Recommendation (EU) 2021/1085 of 1 July 2021 amending Recommendation (EU) 2020/912 on the temporary restriction on non-essential travel into the EU and the possible lifting of such restriction.

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.

On 11th March 2021, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Luxembourg Jean Asselborn spoke via videoconference to his counterpart from the Kingdom of Thailand, Minister of Foreign Affairs Don Pramudwinai.

On 9th March 2021, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Luxembourg Jean Asselborn spoke by phone with his Chinese counterpart, State Councillor and Minister for Foreign Affairs Wang Yi, at the latter's request.

Preliminary test results published by the Charité hospital in Berlin indicate that one of the main figures of the political opposition in Russia, Alexei Navalny was poisoned. I join my EU colleagues in wishing Mr Navalny a prompt and full recovery and expressing our sympathy to his family at this difficult time.

The Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Jean Asselborn, participated in the meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union, which was held on 15 June 2020 by videoconference.

The thirteenth edition of the annual report on the government’s European policy has recently been adopted by the government.

I thank the Greek authorities and especially my friends, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Dendias and the Alternate Minister Georges Koumoutsakos, as well as the officials of the UNHCR and the IOM for having contributed to concretise this gesture of solidarity with Greece and to offer the perspective of a dignified life to these young people in our country.

In this unprecedented situation, it is legitimate that Member States adopt extraordinary measures to protect their citizens and overcome the crisis. We are however deeply concerned about the risk of violations of the principles of rule of law, democracy and fundamental rights arising from the adoption of certain emergency measures.

Twenty-five years ago, on March 26th 1995, the provisions implementing the Schengen Agreements, which had been signed 10 years before, entered into force. These provisions included the removal of border controls which marked one of the most tangible achievements of European integration.

On 10 February 2020, the Prime Minister, Minister of State, Xavier Bettel, received Michel Barnier, Head of Task Force for Relations with the United Kingdom, at the Château de Senningen. The Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, Jean Asselborn, and the Minister of Finance, Pierre Gramegna, also attended the meeting.

I fully endorse the declaration made on behalf of the European Union by Josep Borrell, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, following the initiative presented yesterday by the President of the United States of America.

Interview with Jean Asselborn in The Economic Times

On 18 December 2019, Paulette Lenert, Minister for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs, visited the United Nations Technology Innovation Lab (UNTIL) in Espoo, Finland.