Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides will leave on Sunday, December 11 for Brussels, where he will participate in the EU Foreign Affairs Council, which will take place next Monday.
The Foreign Affairs Council will be preceded by a working breakfast of Foreign Ministers on the future of the Eastern Partnership. In the margins of the Foreign Affairs Council, the annual Eastern Partnership Ministerial Meeting will take place, with the participation of Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Foreign Ministers' discussions will focus, inter alia, on developments in Ukraine following the Russian invasion and an assessment of the EU's coordinated response. EU Foreign Ministers will also discuss the internal situation and human rights in Iran.
Under current affairs, the EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, will report, inter alia, on the Southern Neighbourhood, in view of the strategic debate to be held at the forthcoming European Council, and on EU support to Moldova.
In the margins of his presence in Brussels, the Foreign Minister will have brief bilateral contacts with his counterparts.
On Monday evening, Mr. Kasoulides will travel to Paris to participate in the proceedings of the High Level Conference "Standing with the Ukrainian people" to be held on Tuesday, 13 December. The conference is co-organized by President Emmanuel Macron of France and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine.
The Foreign Minister will return to Cyprus on Wednesday evening, December 14.
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