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Italy’s Foreign Minister Di Maio to attend the Informal Meetings of the Foreign Ministers of the European Union (Brest, January 13-14)

Partecipazione del Ministro Di Maio alla riunione informale dei Ministri degli Esteri dell’Unione Europea
Partecipazione del Ministro Di Maio alla riunione informale dei Ministri degli Esteri dell’Unione Europea

Italy’s Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi di Maio, is to attend the Informal Meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the European Union in Brest – Gymnich.

Scheduled under the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the meeting will focus on the main current international developments and on foreign and security issues with a strategic bearing on EU policy.

Proceedings kick off with a joint working session attended by the Ministers of Defence of the Member States of the European Union to address the EU’s “Strategic Compass” in the lead-up to its approval at the European Council in March.

At the informal meeting ministers will also address security issues in the ENP-East region, with a special emphasis on ongoing events in the Ukraine and Belarus and the current challenges they both pose.

Ministers will also tackle strategic approaches to China and the Africa-EU Partnership. Between sessions, Italy’s Foreign Minister Di Maio will hold a number of bilateral meetings