“I called an emergency meeting of the foreign ministers of our member countries on Friday, January 10, in the afternoon, to discuss the latest developments in Iran and Iraq,” he wrote on his Twitter.
Borrell stressed that the EU will try to take measures to reduce tensions in the region.
Earlier, the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, convened a special EC meeting on January 8 in connection with the aggravation of the situation around Iraq and Iran.