Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias will participate tomorrow, Thursday, 1 September, in the Informal Meeting of Foreign Ministers of OSCE Participating States, which will take place in Potsdam, Germany. Germany holds the current chairmanship of the OSCE.
The main subjects of the Meeting are migration, European security, arms control, the situation in Ukraine, and preparation for the Hamburg Ministerial Meeting this coming December.
On Friday, 2 September, Mr. Kotzias will travel to Bratislava to participate in the two-day Informal ‘Gymnich’ Meeting of EU Foreign Ministers.
The agenda for the first day of the meeting includes the situation in Ukraine, combatting of terrorism and prevention of radicalization, and implementation of the EU Global Strategy on foreign and security policy issues.
Mr. Kotzias will also participate in a working luncheon on developments in Turkey and, on Saturday, 3 September, in the Ministers’ meeting with Turkish European Affairs Minister Ömer Çelik.
Finally, together with the Foreign Ministers of the Eastern Partnership countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Moldova, Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia), the EU Foreign Ministers will discuss the prospects for deepening cooperation between the EU and the eastern partners.
August 31, 2016