Yuriko Backes

Dear @ZelenskyyUA, thank you for your warm welcome in Kyiv. Your courage, steadfastness and resolve are truly inspiring. Luxembourg will continue to stand with you and all of Ukraine. Our military support keeps coming. 🇺🇦 🇱🇺

Wonderful to meet @NathalieTocci in Rome. We could talk for hours about the complicated & perilous state of the world, the need to stand up for our values & principles & for inspiring leadership in a new world order where Europe speaks w/1 voice. Great to catch up, dear Nathalie!

Thank you @GuidoCrosetto for the warm welcome in Rome. We agree: Europe must take on greater responsibilities; we must coordinate better and strengthen our defence industrial base. That is the only way to keep our continent, our people and our transatlantic Alliance safe. 🇮🇹🤝🇱🇺

"Oggi ho incontrato la mia collega lussemburghese @Yuriko_Backes. Ribadita la solidità del rapporto bilaterale e la centralità della coesione in ambito NATO ed europeo, con un focus strategico sul rafforzamento della difesa europea e sulle prospettive di cooperazione industriali nel settore. Nel riaffermare il pieno e convinto sostegno all’Ucraina, abbiamo condiviso una visione comune sulle sfide che interessano il fianco Est, il Medio Oriente e il quadrante Sud dell’Alleanza. Abbiamo inoltre espresso l’auspicio di poter contribuire, attraverso un’azione diplomatica condivisa, al raggiungimento di soluzioni stabili nei diversi teatri di crisi”. Così il Min @GuidoCrosetto

Minister of Defence @Yuriko_Backes visited the NATO Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Force #NISRF and met with force commander Brigadier General John B. Creel. Luxembourg Defence is providing satellite communications for the RQ-4D Phoenix and the Allied ISR Forces.

At the Sigonella Air Base in Sicily, Minister @Yuriko_Backes visited the aerial assets for maritime surveillance that Luxembourg Defence is contributing to @EUNAVFOR_MED IRINI. An essential contribution for the EU Operation to fulfil its tasks.

In Rome, at the @EUNAVFOR_MED IRINI Mission Headquarters, Minister @Yuriko_Backes met with Operation Commander Rear Admiral Casapieri. Since 2020, IRINI implements the @UN arms embargo on Libya & enhances EU maritime situational awareness in the Mediterranean.

Always great to meet my counterpart from Cabo Verde, Minister of Defence Janine Lélis. 🇱🇺 & 🇨🇻 have a longstanding partnership. We discussed 🇨🇻's security challenges & the Memorandum of Understanding we signed last year to strengthen our defence cooperation and maritime security.

Always good to catch up with fellow liberal @Yuriko_Backes, Luxembourg’s Minister of Defence, Mobility & Public Works, and Gender Equality & Diversity – holding the largest number of portfolios in the government. Discussed #Ukraine’s recovery and the crucial role of women in resilience and decision-making. Thanked Luxembourg for its strong financial contributions supporting Ukraine’s defence. Russia’s aggression remains a threat to the entire European security architecture – which makes such well-informed and committed allies especially important 🇺🇦🇱🇺

At #CSW70 Minister @Yuriko_Backes met with Deputy FM @Mariana_Betsa Shared priorities: 🔹ensure safe return of all Ukrainian children who have been forcibly transferred or deported by Russia 🔹end impunity for sexual violence in conflict Luxembourg stands with Ukraine 🇱🇺🤝🇺🇦

🙋🏻‍♀️ Intense #CSW70 at the @UN ! 🙏 to @olivierjmaes, @ToschiStephanie & team for the excellent preparation & organisation of our program. 🙏 to the members of the 🇱🇺 parliament & to my #MEGA team for the great work we do together for rights, justice, action #ForAllWomenAndGirls

Luxembourg continues to stand up for rights everywhere, for all people. #CSW70 #AccessToJustice #EqualityForAll

The notion of Universal Rights is self-explanatory: they concern us all, no matter where we live, no matter our gender, our sexual orientation or our status.

Together with @UN Women and France 🇫🇷, Luxembourg 🇱🇺 organised a screening of the movie “Sharp edge of Peace” around the subject of Afghan women and transformative justice. #CSW70 #AccessToJustice

#Luxembourg remains a strong champion for gender equality. On the sidelines of #CSW70, I thanked H.E. @Yuriko_Backes, Minister for Gender Equality and Diversity, for Luxembourg's continued support to @UN_Women and multilateralism. #ForAllWomenAndGirls

A fruitful exchange with H.E. @Yuriko_Backes, Minister for Gender Equality and Diversity of #Luxembourg on the sidelines of #CSW70. Grateful for Luxembourg’s long-standing commitment to our shared priorities, including ending FGM and ensuring rights and choices for all.

Great encounter with H.E. @Yuriko_Backes of @LuxembourgUN, exchanging on our shared commitment to uphold the rights and choices of women and girls throughout their life course. @olivierjmaes @unfpa

Benelux coordination remains important, at EU and international level! Great to meet my new 🇳🇱 colleague Judith Tielen, and to see my 🇧🇪 colleague Rob Beenders again in the margins of #CSW70. Thank you @KingdomNL_UN for hosting us. 🇧🇪 🇳🇱 🇱🇺

Luxembourg is a proud supporter of @UNFPA. Great to meet its Executive Director Diene Keita. We discussed current challenges around global Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights. They are 🔑 to upholding women’s bodily autonomy & their fundamental rights.

Good meeting with 🇺🇳 @UN_Women Executive Director Sima Bahous. 🤝 Luxembourg remains committed to the important work of UN Women and multilateralism at large.

@KotulaKat @luxembourgmega @gouv_lu @hadjalahbib @auroreberge @LuxembourgUN @CommissionEU ❤️ we miss you!

@Yuriko_Backes @luxembourgmega @gouv_lu @hadjalahbib @auroreberge @LuxembourgUN @CommissionEU So good to see you all. Too bad I couldn’t be there this year.

Meeting with 🇪🇺colleagues organized by the #CyprusEUPresidency. Ministers exchanged on the current political climate surrounding gender equality issues on a global & European level. The EU plays a key role in standing up for fundamental rights & against the antifeminist backlash.