The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikos Dendias, is going to Paris today, Tuesday 22 February, in order to participate in the Ministerial Forum for Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific, organized by the French Presidency of the Council of the EU.
The Foreign Minister will participate in the current KYSEA, which is meeting under the Prime Minister, and then is expected to go to Paris, according to diplomatic sources.
The Indo-Pacific Cooperation Conference will be attended by EU Foreign Ministers and their counterparts from around 30 Indo-Pacific countries, as well as representatives of European institutions and regional organizations, according to a ministry statement. Foreign.
The main purpose of the forum is to find ways to consolidate and strengthen relations and ties between the EU and the Indo-Pacific states, on the basis of multilateral diplomacy and respect for international law, including the Law of the Sea. The participating ministers will discuss, for the first time in such a format, initiatives and programs to further boost the EU-Indo-Pacific partnership.
The inaugural session will be followed by three roundtables on a) security and defense, b) connectivity and digital policy, and c) global issues. The Greek Foreign Minister will participate in the round table on security and defense.
On the sidelines of the conference, Mr. Dendias is expected to have private meetings with his counterparts from the Indo-Pacific region. In particular, with Nanai Mahuta (New Zealand), Retno Marsudi (Indonesia), Chung Eui-yong (Republic of Korea), Dr. Jaishankar (India), Teodoro Locsin (Philippines) and Vivian Balakrishnan (Singapore).
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