Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides leaves on Sunday for Brussels, where he will participate in the EU Foreign Affairs Council on Monday, 16 May 2022.
During the Council's proceedings, Foreign Ministers will exchange views on the situation in the Western Balkans and examine ways to strengthen the EU's political engagement in individual areas. They will also discuss the latest developments in Ukraine in the light of the ongoing Russian invasion, in the presence of the Foreign Ministers of Ukraine and Canada.
Foreign Ministers will then attend a working lunch attended by the Foreign Ministers of Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Albania, with the Western Balkans as the main topic of discussion.
Before the opening of the Council, the Foreign Minister will participate in the EU-Canada Ministerial Meeting, in the presence of the Foreign Minister of Canada, Ms Melanie Joly, where they will exchange views on EU-Canada relations as well as on other current regional and international issues of common interest.
In the margins of the Foreign Affairs Council, Mr. Kasoulides will hold a bilateral meeting with Serbian Foreign Minister Nikola Selakovic.
The Foreign Minister will leave Brussels on Tuesday evening for Prague, where he will pay a working visit as part of the bilateral coordination and consultation process ahead of the forthcoming Czech Presidency of the Council of the EU.
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