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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 14-03-14
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[01] Venizelos in Brussels for EU foreign ministers' meeting on Monday
[01] Venizelos in Brussels for EU foreign ministers' meeting on Monday
ANA-MPA -- Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos will on Monday
participate in the EU Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) in Brussels.
The latest developments in Ukraine and the course of the Eastern
Partnership will top the agenda, and there will also be a discussion of
the situation in Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Middle East peace process,
developments in the Syrian civil conflict (humanitarian access,
destruction of chemical weapons, confronting terrorism), and the
preparations for the upcoming EU-Africa Summit. At the luncheon, the
foreign ministers, together with European Energy Commissioner Gunther
Oettinger, will look at recent global energy developments and their
impact on the shaping of EU foreign policy.
On the margins of the Council, Venizelos will participate in an informal
meeting of the foreign ministers of the Friends of Ukraine group, with
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Deshchytsia in attendance, and on
Monday evening he will chair the EU-Uzbekistan Cooperation Council.
On Tuesday, Venizelos will chair the EU General Affairs Council (GAC). The
GAC agenda includes preparations for the March European Council, which
will focus on growth, competitiveness and employment issues (European
Semester, Industrial Competitiveness, Climate Change and Energy). The
GAC will also look at the Presidency's Synthesis Report, which will
summarize the implementation of the European Semester so far, and at
the Annual Growth Survey.
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