Press Release: Boosting regional cooperation in the Black Sea Region: First Ministerial meeting of Black Sea Synergy in Kiev

Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy, Benita Ferrero-Waldner will participate in the first Black Sea Synergy meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the EU 27 and their counterparts from the Black Sea region in Kiev on February 14, 2008. Black Sea Synergy (BSS), an initiative launched by the Commission in 2007 aims at boosting cooperation within the region as well as between the EU and the region as a whole. Foreign Ministers will agree on priorities for future projects and discuss the potential for enhanced EU involvement with countries of the region and the role of regional organizations and other initiatives in this process.