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Sun, 19 Jul, 2015 01:59:30 AM
FTimes Report, July 19

The EU Foreign Ministers are set to hold a meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels on Monday.

Foreign Affairs Timo Soini will represent Finland in the meeting, said a press release of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs issued on Friday.

The agenda of the meeting will include Iran, Libya, Tunisia and the Middle East peace process. In addition, the Foreign Affairs Council is to adopt the EU's Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy for the period 2015–2019, according to the release.

The discussions on Iran will focus on Iran's nuclear programme negotiations, which were completed this week, and on the EU's support to the agreement that was reached on 14 July 2015. 

As for Libya, the agenda includes the UN-facilitated dialogue concerning the stabilisation of the political situation in the country.

The preparation of the EU military operation to address the migration crisis will also be touched upon.

The Ministers will also discuss the Middle East peace process and what the EU can do to improve the situation, the release said.

As for Tunisia, the Council will deal with the recent terrorist attacks and the question of how to improve the security situation in the country. Furthermore, the Foreign Ministers have an opportunity to discuss the situation in Tunisia with Tunisia's Prime Minister Habib Essid and Foreign Minister Taieb Baccouche who will join them at lunch.

 
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