Informal meeting of EU Mediterranean FM to be held in Cyprus

EU Mediterranean Foreign Ministers will gather in the western coastal town of Paphos from 17-18 January for their 5th informal meeting.

The agenda of the foreign ministers of Greece, Spain, Cyprus, France, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Slovenia, Bulgaria and Romania includes the Middle East peace process, the Mediterranean Union, Kosovo, Migration and Natural Disaster Response Mechanism.

The ministers will be welcomed on Thursday, 17 January by President of the Republic Tassos Papadopoulos who will host a reception in their honour while the discussion of the agenda items will begin during a working dinner of the ministers later that evening.

On Friday, the EU Mediterranean Foreign Ministers will continue their deliberations during the plenary session and a press conference will follow by Cypriot Foreign Minister Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis on the result of the meeting.