Cyprus’ Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ioannis Kasoulides, will be in Prague on Monday for the Informal Meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the European Union (Gymnich), the Foreign Ministry’s Spokesperson, Demetris Demetriou, has told CNA.
According to Demetriou, the Gymnich will start with a discussion on EU-Africa relations. Later on, the Foreign Ministers will have dinner at the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he added.
On the morning of Wednesday, August 31, the Foreign Ministers will exchange views on the situation in Ukraine following the Russian invasion of the country, while assessing ways for a coordinated EU response, Demetriou said.
He said that, upon completion of the meeting, the Czech Presidency of the Council of the EU will host a lunch in the presence of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia, where, among other things, views will be exchanged on the European perspective of the countries in question.
He added that Kasoulides will hold, on the sidelines of the Gymnich, bilateral contacts and meetings with his counterparts.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs is to return to Cyprus on Wednesday evening.
Source: Cyprus News Agency