Foreign Affairs Council, 9 December 2019

Summary:

A meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council was held on 9 December 2019. This was the first meeting chaired by Josep Borrell as EU High Representative. The agenda includes the following items:

• Discussion on the latest developments concerning the Turkey-Libya memorandum of understanding on delimitation of maritime jurisdiction and on security and military cooperation;
• Briefing on Ukraine, in the context of the Normandy Four summit held on the same day;
• Exchange of views on Iran, following a meeting of the Joint Commission of the JCPOA and a number of protests in the country;
• Briefing on the situation in Bolivia, Hong Kong and Moldova;
• Discussion on relations between Africa and the European Union, ahead of a ministerial meeting and summit between the EU and the African Union (AU);
• Exchange of views on the promotion and protection of human rights in the world;
• Discussion on improving the EU toolbox on human rights, followed by the announcement of preparatory work on a potential horizontal sanctions regime;
• Discussion on the working methods of the Foreign Affairs Council.

Official

Outcome of the Foreign Affairs Council, 9 December 2019 https://www.consilium.europa.eu/media/41687/st14949-en19.pdf

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