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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 14-02-20
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[01] Informal EU defence ministers' council begins in Athens
[01] Informal EU defence ministers' council begins in Athens
ANA-MPA -- The two-day informal EU defence ministers' council kicked
off on Thursday at the Zappion building, the headquarters of the Greek
EU presidency in Athens.
According to an announcement, the EU member-state defence ministers
will discuss issues relating to EU operations currently underway in the
Horn of Africa, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Mali and Somalia, as well as the
planned operation in the Central Africa Republic and the next steps in
implementing decisions taken at the EU summit in December 2013.
On the sidelines of the council, National Defence Minister Dimitris
Avramopoulos had meetings with the European External Action Service
Deputy Secretary Genreal Maciej Popowski and the UN Under Secretary
General for peacekeeping operations Herve Ladsous. The latter meeting
was also attended by the head of the Greek armed forces general staff.
Prior to the council meeting, Avramopoulos had a meeting with his French
counterpart, Jean-Yves Le Drian.
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