Mogherini Slams Trump's 'Walls and Bans', While Calling for Partnership

© AFP 2023 / THIERRY CHARLIEREU's High representative for foreign affairs and security policy Federica Mogherini arrives for an European Union leaders summit on October 20, 2016 at the European Council, in Brussels.
EU's High representative for foreign affairs and security policy Federica Mogherini arrives for an European Union leaders summit on October 20, 2016 at the European Council, in Brussels. - Sputnik International
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The European Union does not see migration bans as an approach to handling immigration, but the bloc will retain its positive relations with the United States despite President Donald Trump’s travel ban, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said on Friday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — She added that the European Union will remain friends the US people and administration on the basis of "our own strong values, principles, interests."

"We will show our way is cooperation and partnership. We do not believe in walls and in bans, and we are committing even more today to working with all our partners in the region," Mogherini told reporters.

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The order has sparked controversy around the world and led to multiple protests in the United States.

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