Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 07-05-07
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[01] FOREIGN MINISTER - SAUDI ARABIA
[01] FOREIGN MINISTER - SAUDI ARABIA
Cypriot Minister of Foreign Affairs George Lillikas departs on May 7
for Saudi Arabia, to participate in the 17th Joint Council and the
Ministerial Meeting between the EU and the Gulf Cooperation Council, to
take place in Riyadh on May 8.
According to an official press release, the meeting will discuss the
further strengthening of cooperation between the EU and the Gulf
states, and the situation in the area.
Lillikas will speak about developments in the Middle East, expressing
EU positions, and will refer to the prospects of solving regional
problems, as well as ways to strengthen cooperation in the area.
On the sidelines of the meeting, Lillikas will have contacts with
counterparts participating in the Gulf Cooperation Council.
The Joint Council was set up in the framework of the 1989 Cooperation
Agreement between the EU and the Cooperation Council.
Lillikas returns home on May 9.
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