🔹 Inició la VI Mesa Técnica de Seguridad entre la 🇪🇺 #UniónEuropea y 🇪🇨 #Ecuador, un espacio de dos días de diálogo y acción conjunta para fortalecer la cooperación en materia de #Seguridad, #Justicia y #DerechosHumanos 🤝para combatir el crímen organizado transnacional en el marco de la responsabilidad compartida.
La Mesa Técnica fue inaugurada por la Viceministra de Cooperación Internacional, Angélica Arias; Rosa Vásquez, Subsecretaria de Cooperación Internacional; Embajadora de la Unión Europea en Ecuador, Jekaterina Doródnova, @EUAmbEcu; y por Silvia Viceconte, Team Leader de temas de seguridad y justicia, en la Dirección General de @EU_Partnerships.
También contó con la participación de colegas de @EU_Commission , @eu_eeas ; los embajadores de 🇩🇪 @alemaniaenecuador, 🇫🇷 @franceenequateur, junto a los representantes diplomáticos de 🇪🇸 @EmbEspEcuador, 🇫🇷 @franceenequateur , 🇭🇺 #Hungría, 🇧🇪 @BelgicaenLima y 🇳🇱 @paisesbajosenperu
Asimismo, asistieron autoridades de las principales instituciones del Estado ecuatoriano: @MinGobiernoEc , @mininteriorec , @DefensaEc , @Salud_Ec , @economico_produ, @EduSuperiorEc , @MIT_Ecuador , @cancilleriaec, @cjudicaturaec, @PoliciaEcuador, @FFAAECUADOR y @FiscaliaEcuador, representantes de los programas europeos regionales y bilaterales de cooperación.
#VImesaDeSeguridadUEEC #UnidosPorLaSeguridad #EU4Security #EquipoEuropa #TeamEurope
⚖️ I strongly condemn the new US sanctions against the International Criminal Court. Seeking to cripple the Court’s work denies victims a path to justice and puts those responsible for the gravest crimes beyond its reach.
At Belgium’s initiative, support for the ICC will be discussed with my EU foreign affairs colleagues on Monday and at the forthcoming European Council. We will press for concrete protection. The Court’s independence cannot depend on whom it investigates.
Europe must act. Belgium is calling for the activation of the EU Blocking Statute to protect the Court and those who support its work. We must also defend our right to uphold international law without foreign sanctions dictating our choices.
@BelgiumMFA@IntlCrimCourt
Hoy recibimos las Cartas Credenciales de los nuevos representantes diplomáticos acreditados en el Ecuador: el Embajador de Guatemala, José Arturo Rodríguez Díaz, y los Concurrentes Yannick Minsier de Bélgica y Iákovos Iakovídis de Grecia.
Seguimos fortaleciendo los lazos de amistad y cooperación con el mundo, a través del diálogo y el trabajo conjunto en beneficio de nuestras naciones.
Dear Minister Sa'ar,
Belgium is home to one of Europe's oldest Jewish communities. We are proud of that. And we will do everything to keep it that way.
When a synagogue is targeted, we are outraged. When graves are desecrated, we are disgusted. When Jewish students face harassment, we want consequences.
And we act, every day. A national antisemitism coordinator leads an interfederal mechanism where Jewish community leaders sit as permanent partners. Our prosecutors work under explicit zero-tolerance instructions for hate crimes. Courts convict those who spread hatred and Holocaust denial, under laws that go beyond European minimum standards. Our new Criminal Code, entering into force in April 2026, makes discriminatory motive an aggravating circumstance for every single crime.
When the threat demands it, we protect. Since October 7, 2023, every Jewish school, synagogue and community centre operates under reinforced police surveillance.
But Belgium's approach goes far beyond repression and protection. We invest in prevention, education and resilience, because that is how you root out hatred for good. Our schools teach about the Holocaust and contemporary antisemitism with dedicated IHRA-aligned programmes. The Jewish Museum of Belgium runs a project bringing Jewish life, culture and identity into classrooms across the country. Football fans caught chanting antisemitic slurs are sent to Kazerne Dossin - the memorial site from which Jews were deported - for mandatory education programmes, with intake, guided visits and supervised reflection. The federal government has commissioned dedicated research into online antisemitism, mapping hate speech patterns, platforms and policy responses. And since April 2024, police register antisemitic incidents under a dedicated indicator, because you cannot fight what you do not measure.
Is it enough? As long as one Jewish Belgian feels unsafe walking to shul, we have work to do. We carry that responsibility every single day.
Now, Minister Sa'ar, let's be honest with each other.
You mention the case of mohels in Antwerp. The judicial investigation was initiated following a complaint by a member of the Jewish community itself, concerning a specific medical practice. Meanwhile, tens of thousands of ritual circumcisions are performed legally in Belgium every year, without any interference. Presenting this as persecution of Jewish life is a distortion of the facts.
And it is part of a pattern. You have taken the real fears of real people and turned them into an argument against Belgium's foreign policy. Jewish Belgians deserve our full protection. They do not deserve to be used as leverage in a dispute about international law.
Let me be precise. We suspended consular services for Belgian citizens established in settlements that the International Court of Justice has declared illegal. This applies regardless of religion, nationality or background. It is an application of international law, nothing more, nothing less.
And let us not be naive about what is really happening here. Ever since Belgium chose to firmly condemn all violations of international law, some Israeli leaders have pursued a campaign of amalgamation, deliberately conflating our principled legal positions with antisemitism. That narrative is false.
International and Israeli studies confirm this. The 2026 Annual Report of Tel Aviv University warns explicitly that the inflationary use of the term antisemitism undermines the fight against real anti-Jewish hatred. The same report finds no evidence of broad societal antisemitic sentiment in Belgium, nor of political parties that support or normalise antisemitism. It highlights that Jewish representatives in Antwerp describe their cooperation with police and authorities as effective and reliable.
We will protect our Jewish community with everything Belgium has. We will always listen to their concerns. And we will keep calling out violations of international law, by anyone.
We came together today with one clear objective: find a credible and immediate solution to #Ukraine’s financing needs.
A victory for Ukraine, for Europe, for financial stability and for international law.
➖ 🇧🇪 Prime minister @Bart_DeWever after the European Council #EUCO
#girlsday
🤗Aux parcours inspirants de nos collaboratrices qui, petites filles pleines de rêves, ont tracé leur chemin avec audace jusqu'à leur succès aujourd'hui.
👎Mais trop de filles sont encore privées de leurs droits, ce qui restreint leurs choix et leur avenir!
@BelgiumMFA
L’Ambassade 🇧🇪 est ravie d’accueillir au sein de son équipe Heikki Vandermander qui nous a rejoints il y a un peu plus d’un mois en provenance de Beyrouth.
En tant que conseiller, il sera en charge des dossiers politiques et économiques.
Marhaba Heikki !😉
Retour sur la #FêteNationale2024 à la résidence @VeroniqueBPetit
Un moment de partage et de rencontres dans une ambiance festive et conviviale.
L’occasion de rappeler la profondeur des relations d’amitié entre 🇲🇦et🇧🇪.
Merci de votre présence !
Vive l’amitié belgo-marocaine !
Russia bombed Kyiv's children hospital Ohmatdyt 💔 The hospital where 1000s of Ukrainian children wounded by Russia have been saved. The hospital where my baby brother was treated for a life threatening fever when we lived in Kyiv 27 years ago. Yet another Russian war crime
En visite de travail au Maroc pour échanger des expertises et des bonnes pratiques, et renforcer les liens entre les services de police de nos deux pays. (1/2)
Le gouvernement belge remercie le Maroc 🇲🇦 pour son accueil chaleureux.
Notre objectif est clair: renforcer les relations économiques, énergetiques, sécuritaires et migratoires.
Ma rencontre avec @ChefGov_ma fut l’occasion de rappeler que la Belgique est un partenaire solide.
Une très heureuse fin de Ramadan à tous les amis et amies du #Maroc et d´ailleurs! Vous souhaitant un beau moment de partage avec vos proches! #EidMubarak Said! 🇧🇪🇲🇦
🇧🇪🌙 Dans le quartier de Borgerhout à Anvers, en Belgique, des milliers de riverains ont afflué vers ce point de rassemblement inédit afin de partager, à la même table longue de 2 km, qui un repas de fête à l’occasion de ce dimanche de Pâques, qui un ftour à l’occasion du mois de ramadan.
Promue par la ville d’Anvers en collaboration avec divers partenaires, cette initiative visait l’inclusion et la connexion entre les cultures en ces temps de tensions et de polarisation à l’échelle mondiale, a déclaré la maire du district Mariam El Osri.
→ https://t.co/yufc6mDPRi
👉 À l’occasion du mois sacré de Ramadan, toute l’équipe de l’ambassade de Belgique au Maroc vous souhaite de passer un mois de partage, de paix et d’agréables moments avec vos proches. Ramadan Mubarak. 🇧🇪🇲🇦
A la veille du 2ème anniversaire de l´agression russe contre l´Ukraine, nous nous sommes rassemblés autour de notre collègue 🇺🇦 pour réitérer notre soutien et notre solidarité. @BelgiqueMaroc a aussi hissé le drapeau 🇺🇦 et sera illuminée ce WE aux couleurs 🇺🇦
#StandWithUkraine
Aujourd’hui, nous célébrons les 60 ans de l'immigration marocaine en Belgique. 🇧🇪🇲🇦
Hommage à ceux qui ont quitté leur pays à la recherche d'une vie meilleure et qui ont ainsi contribué à la construction de notre pays.
Mon message à leurs enfants et petits-enfants 🎥⬇️