EU To Beef Up Its Missions In Africa, Asia By Sending Disinformation Experts - Borrell

The European Union intends to strengthen its foreign missions in Africa, Latin America and Asia by sending experts to identify and combat disinformation, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Tuesday.

"I am looking into options to ensure better and more strategic regional presence of our Strat-comm experts. All our (European Union) Delegations will be equipped with experts on countering disinformation in many parts of the world in order to make our voice be heard better," Borrell said at a conference on foreign information manipulation and interference in Brussels.

He noted the importance of what he termed combating disinformation in Africa, Latin America and Asia.

"So, my call is that we need to invest more in working with our partners around the globe on this issue.