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Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 13-03-10
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[01] FM to participate in the EU Foreign Affairs Council
[01] FM to participate in the EU Foreign Affairs Council
Minister of Foreign Affairs Ioannis Kasoulides will participate in the
deliberations of the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) of the European Union,
to be held in Brussels Monday. According to an official press release,
Foreign Ministers will discuss EU relations with Russia and Japan and
developments in the Southern Neighbourhood and particularly in Egypt,
Libya and Tunisia.
The Council will also discuss developments in Syria, in the presence
of the Joint Special Representative of the UN and the Arab League for
Syria Lakhdar Brahimi. Monday afternoon the Minister of Foreign Affairs
will represent Cyprus at the General Affairs Council, which will deal
mainly with the preparations for the upcoming European Council meeting,
on 14-15 March. Kasoulides will also participate in the 7th Ministerial
Meeting of the Group on the European Route of Moldova.
The Foreign Minister will then travel to Strasbourg, to hold contacts
at the European Parliament, and will then return to Brussels where he
will accompany the President of the Republic Nicos Anastasiades, at his
meetings with the President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy,
the President of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, and the
President of the European Parliament, Martin Schultz.
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