Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias will be in Brussels to participate, on Monday, 12 December, in the EU Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) and, on Tuesday, 13 December, in the EU General Affairs Council (GAC).
The FAC agenda includes EU-Africa relations and the main parameters of the issue of managing mixed migration flows, with emphasis on the EU’s cooperation with migrants’ countries of origin.
During the working luncheon, the Foreign Ministers will focus on the humanitarian situation in Syria, while Mr. Kotzias will present Greece’s positions on the management of the Syrian crisis, and first and foremost the need to end the hostilities.
The GAC is expected to focus on issues concerning EU enlargement and the stabilisation and association agreements with third countries, particularly with Albania, FYROM, Serbia and Turkey, while there will also be a discussion of the preparations for the upcoming meeting of the European Council (15-16 December).
December 9, 2016