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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 15-05-18
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[01] FM Kotzias to participate in the EU Foreign Affairs Council
[01] FM Kotzias to participate in the EU Foreign Affairs Council
Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias will be in Brussels on Monday, 18 May,
to participate in a meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council (FAC),
according to a Foreign ministry's announcement.
The FAC proceedings will begin with a joint working breakfast of the
Defence and Foreign Affairs Ministers of the EU member states – with
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in attendance – on the subject
of security challenges and EU-NATO cooperation in the Eastern and Southern
Neighbourhoods, and particularly in Syria, Iraq and Ukraine.
The working breakfast will be followed by a joint session of the Defence
and Foreign Affairs Ministers of the EU member states, the agenda for
which includes preparations for the June European Council on Common
Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) and the discussion regarding the
Revision of European Security Strategy.
Subsequently, with the participation of the European Commissioner for
Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship, Dimitris Avramopoulos, there
will be an in-depth discussion of the European policy on migration
and the planning for operation "EUNAVFOR MED" in the southern central
Mediterranean, in the context of CSDP.
Finally, the FAC meeting will look at the recent developments in FYROM and
Burundi, as well as at the Middle East peace process. More specifically,
in light of the agreement on the formation of a government in Israel,
the FAC will assess the prospects for reopening of direct negotiations
and look at what role the EU can play.
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