Press Release: EU-IGAD Political Dialogue meeting, Brussels, 23 March 2010. Press communiqué

The Fourth Ministerial Meeting between the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and the European Union (EU) was held in Brussels on 23 March 2010. Formally called "Ministerial Troika", the meeting, under the Lisbon Treaty, took the name of the Political Dialogue Meeting (PDM). The PDM was co-chaired by His Excellency Dr Tekeda Alemu, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Chairperson of the IGAD Council of Ministers, and Mr Angel Lossada, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Spain, co-chairing the meeting on behalf of the High Representative, Ms Catherine Ashton.