Belgian police have carried out raids on the European External Action Service (EEAS) in Brussels and the College of Europe in Bruges as part of an investigation into suspected fraud involving EU-funded training programmes, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) said on Tuesday.

South Korea held its inaugural security and defense dialogue with the European External Action Service (EEAS) in Brussels, the foreign ministry said Thursday, following last year’s launch of a bilateral security and defense partnership.

Hikmet Hajiyev, Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan and Head of the Foreign Policy Affairs Department of the Presidential Administration, held a meeting with Belén Martínez Carbonell, Secretary General of the European External Action Service (EEAS).

Baku rejected the unacceptable, unfounded and totally biased anti-Azerbaijani statement delivered by Nicolas Schmit, European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights, during the debate at the European Parliament on October 22.

The EU is considering a range of measures, including sanctions on top government officials, cutting financial assistance, and restricting visa-free travel, in response to the Georgian government’s controversial ‘foreign agents’ law, according to an internal document seen by Euractiv, News.az reports.