Ministers will also discuss Iran's nuclear program, tensions in Georgia and Moldova and new sanctions on Russia as the EU prepares its 18th sanctions package.

European Union representatives on Tuesday called on Israel to allow more humanitarian aid into Gaza. The foreign ministers from the 27 EU member states met in Brussels to discuss a new aid deal largely forged by the bloc's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas and Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar.

BRUSSELS — Europe's top diplomats are assessing a new deal with Israel to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza, according to Kaja Kallas, the European Union's foreign policy chief.