Foreign Minister, Ioannis Kasoulides, will participate on Monday in the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Brussels that will discuss among others developments in Ukraine following the Russian invasion and will evaluate the EU coordinated reaction, according to Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Demetris Demetriou.
Moreover, EU Foreign Ministers will discuss about the internal situation and the human rights in Iran. The EU High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, will refer, among others, to the Southern Neighbourhood, in view of the strategic discussion that will take place at the forthcoming European Council and to the EU support to Moldavia, Demetriou told CNA.
He said that before the Council’s meeting the Foreign Ministers will have a working breakfast regarding the future of the Eastern Partnership. The annual ministerial meeting on the Eastern Partnership will take place on the sidelines of the Foreign Affairs Council, with the participation of Ukraine, Moldavia, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan.
During his stay in Brussels, Kasoulides will have bilateral meetings with his counterparts.
After that, Demetriou said, he will travel to Paris to participate in the high level conference entitled “Standing with the Ukrainian people” that will take place on December 13. The conference is co-organised by President of France, Emmanuel Macron, and President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky.
Source: Cyprus News Agency