Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias will be in Brussels on Monday, 15 February, to attend a meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council (FAC).
The FAC agenda includes EU-Belarus relations and the situation in Moldova. Discussion will also focus on issues of North Africa and Libya in light of the latest political developments and the deteriorating security situation resulting from the advance of Da’esh.
The FAC will also consider issues of climate diplomacy and the EU’s role in the situation taking shape following the Paris Conference on climate change (COP 21).
Finally, the Foreign Ministers will have a working luncheon with the Foreign Minister of Lebanon, Gebran Bassil, during which there will be a discussion of the latest developments in the Middle East and of ways to support Lebanon as a country of first reception of refugee flows.
Before the opening of the FAC meeting, Mr. Kotzias will participate in a meeting with his colleagues from Cyprus and Lebanon, inaugurating a new trilateral cooperation configuration following the Greece-Cyprus-Egypt, Greece-Cyprus-Jordan, and Greece-Cyprus-Israel trilateral meetings on the level of Foreign Ministers.
February 12, 2016