Foreign Affairs Council, 21 January 2019

Summary:

A meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council was held on 21 January 2019. The agenda includes the following items:

• Discussion on a series of current affairs topics, like the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Venezuela and Syria;
• Adoption of conclusions on the situation in Nicaragua;
• Adoption of first designations under a new regime of restrictive measures against the use and proliferation of chemical weapons;
• Discussion on the issue of disinformation, including the Action Plan to tackle the phenomenon;
• Preparatory discussion ahead of a ministerial meeting between the European Union and the League of Arab States (LAS);
• Discussion on a ministerial meeting between the European Union and ASEAN, followed by the adoption of conclusions on the relations between the two sides.