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Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels to focus on Eastern Partnership

19 July 2013 11:12 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Shamil Alibeyli – APA. Brussels will host the Foreign Affairs Council meeting, which will focus on the Eastern Partnership on 22 July. APA reports that Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov will represent Azerbaijan at the meeting.

The foreign ministers will discuss the Eastern Partnership, preparations for the 3rd Eastern Partnership Summit to be held in Vilnius on November 28-29 and the annual Eastern Partnership ministerial meeting that will take place after the Council meeting. The Council will also debate events in the EU’s southern neighbourhood, the Middle East peace process and Lebanon, with particular focus on Syria, preparations for the Geneva II peace conference, and Egypt. The Council will also discuss the political situation in Africa’s Great Lakes Region, Somalia and Mali.

Mammadyarov will meet French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius in Paris on July 23.