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Dendias: In Luxembourg tomorrow for the EU Foreign Affairs Council

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The Foreign Minister will brief his counterparts on his recent tour of the Western Balkans and the results of the South East European Cooperation Process Summit, which took place in Thessaloniki.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikos Dendias, will go to Sunday in Luxembourgwhere he will participate in 9th EU-Egypt Association Council and on Monday at the EU Foreign Affairs Council. Regarding tomorrow’s 9th EU-Egypt Association Council, its Plenary Agenda includes an exchange of views on the implementation and prospects of enhanced dialogue and cooperation within the framework of the EU Priorities. in Egypt, while the adoption of the new EU Priorities is planned. in Egypt for the period 2021-2027. Greece attaches great importance to the constantly developing EU-Egypt relations, a strategic partner of our country with a key role in the wider Mediterranean region, underlined in a statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The next day, Monday, June 20th, the Minister of Foreign Affairs will take part in the EU Foreign Affairs Council (EUSF), which will also take place in Luxembourg. Before the start of the Council’s work, Nikos Dendias will attend an informal working breakfast of the EU Foreign Ministers. with the chairman of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Peter Maurer, with whom the action of the Red Cross in Ukraine is expected to be discussed.

The Foreign Ministers will then discuss the Russian invasion of Ukraine, developments in the Horn of Africa and Egypt, and exchange views with their Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry over an informal working lunch. Recent developments are expected to be examined under the heading “Current Affairs”, including the EU’s relations with the Gulf countries and Jordan.

The Foreign Minister is expected to inform, under this entry, about the continuing escalation of Turkish delinquency and provocation, the same statement said.

Finally, Nikos Dendias will brief his counterparts on his recent tour of the Western Balkans and the results of the South East European Cooperation Process (SEECP) Summit, which took place in Thessaloniki on 10 June.

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