Commissioner, as his special advisor on defence and security. Juncker stated that Barnier's role will be to advise the European Commission and particularly the EUHRVP Federica Mogherini on important defence and security issues. Barnier's appointment came on the heels of the nomination of senior French diplomat Alain Le Roy as the new Secretary General of the European External Action Service (EEAS or EAS). Josep Borrell Fontelles (2019–present) In 2020, EU Development Ministers have launched the Team Europe aid package to support partner countries to address the pandemic and its economic consequences by providing an overall financial support of over €20 billion. "In this global pandemic, international solidarity is not just a matter of staying true to our values", Josep Borrell Fontelles, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy said. "It is also about making sure that we win the fight against the virus together." "Unless the virus is defeated everywhere, it is not defeated. A global pandemic can only be solved globally, with united, swift and decisive global action, as we are presenting it today", Borrell Fontelles added. In the wake of the 18 February 2022 Russian declaration on L/DPR (the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic and Donetsk People's Republic), High Representative Borrell warned Moscow to return to the tenets of the Minsk agreements, to the discussions within the Normandy Format and the Trilateral Contact Group, which respect the borders of Ukraine. Treaty basis The Treaty on European Union, as amended by the Treaty of Lisbon, provides in Article 15(2): and in Article 18: See also Ambassadors of the European Union Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) Council of the European Union European External Action Service (EEAS) European Union Special Representative Foreign Affairs Council Foreign relations of the European Union High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina Supreme Allied Commander Europe European Union Military Committee Notes References External links Mogherini's official term website in the European Commission Official website of the post Ashton's official term website at the Council of Europe Ashton's official term website in the European Commission EU – External Action (official site) Council Decision of 13 September 1999 appointing the Secretary-General, High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, of the Council of the European Union on EUR-Lex European External Action Service Portfolios in the European Commission Council of the European Union Foreign relations of the European Union Political offices