Press Release: General Affairs Council meeting, Brussels, 10 May 2010

The Council discussed an annotated draft agenda for the European Council meeting to be held on 17 June 2010. It approved mandates for the negotiation of association agreements with Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, aimed at upgrading relations with the three countries. It also approved a draft directive on the deployment of intelligent transport systems in the field of road transport. Following on from the Euro Group agreement of 2 May to activate support via bilateral loans to Greece, the Council adopted a decision setting out measures to be taken by Greece to reduce its government deficit.