Meeting: Foreign Affairs Council, 18-19 April 2016

A meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council was held on 18-19 April 2016 in Luxembourg. Its conclusions included the following items:

+ Discussion on the external dimension of migration;

+ Discussion on the European Union's regional strategy for Syria and Iraq and for the Da'esh threat;

+ Briefing on the EU's relations with its Eastern partners, with a focus on the best ways to take forward the Eastern Partnership, ahead of the ministerial meeting in May 2016;

+ Discussion on how to counter hybrid threats to increase the resilience of the EU and its partner countries (the debate took place on the basis of a framework presented by the European Commission);

+ Capacity building in support of security and development and CSDP operations.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Foreign Affairs Council, 14 March 2016 http://www.europeansources.info/record/meeting-foreign-affairs-council-14-march-2016/

EurActiv, 15.04.16: EU foreign ministers to discuss Panama Papers http://www.euractiv.com/section/europe-s-east/news/eu-foreign-ministers-to-discuss-panama-papers/

ESO: Background information: Press Release: Council conclusions on the Mission Support Platform http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-council-conclusions-on-the-mission-support-platform/

EurActiv, 18.04.16: EU to discuss ‘concrete’ support in video-link with Libya http://www.euractiv.com/section/global-europe/news/eu-to-discuss-concrete-support-in-video-link-with-libya/

ESO: Background information: Council conclusions on Libya. EU mulls expanded naval mission in Libya http://www.europeansources.info/record/council-conclusions-on-libya-eu-mulls-expanded-naval-mission-in-libya/

ESO: Background information: Press Release: Central African Republic: EU military training mission approved for two years http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-central-african-republic-eu-military-training-mission-approved-for-two-years/

ESO: Background information: Press Release: Council conclusions on Countering Hybrid Threats http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-council-conclusions-on-countering-hybrid-threats/

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