Kenya, EU launch talks to elevate ties ‘beyond aid’

Kenya-European Union Strategic Dialogue

European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy  Josep Borrell Fontelles (left) and Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Raychelle Omamo after signing of a Joint Declaration on the Kenya-European Union Strategic Dialogue in Nairobi on January 28, 2022. PHOTO | DAILY NATION 

Kenya and the European Union on Friday launched vital talks to elevate their ties beyond aid and focus on issues of long-term peace and development.

At a meeting in Nairobi, Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Foreign Affairs and visiting EU top diplomat Josep Borrell Fontelles signed a joint declaration to formally begin discussions on a Strategic Dialogue, a guiding document that could turn relations to “common problems.”