Press Release – 3332nd Foreign Affairs Council meeting – Brussels, 15 August 2014

A special meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council was convened in Brussels on the 15 August 2014 to discuss a series of major foreign policy issues. A number of Council Conclusions was adopted on the topics listed below.

Amongst items discussed: Iraq - Ukraine - Gaza Strip - Middle East - Libya - Ebola Crisis in West Africa.

• Primary Source

Council of the European Union: Press Release, 15.08.14: Council conclusions on the Ebola crisis in West Africa http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/NewsWord/EN/foraff/144315.doc

Council of the European Union: Press Release, 15.08.14: Council conclusions on Ukraine http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/NewsWord/EN/foraff/144314.doc

Council of the European Union: Press Release, 15.08.14: Council conclusions on the Middle East (Gaza) http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/NewsWord/EN/foraff/144313.doc

Council of the European Union: Press Release, 15.08.14: Council conclusions on Libya http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/NewsWord/EN/foraff/144312.doc

Council of the European Union: Press Release, 15.08.14: Council conclusions on Iraq http://www.consilium.europa.eu/uedocs/NewsWord/EN/foraff/144311.doc

ESO: Background information: Ukraine crisis: Military losses climb in war for east / Ukraine crisis: Poroshenko 'to consider aid mission' http://www.europeansources.info/record/ukraine-crisis-military-losses-climb-in-war-for-east-ukraine-crisis-poroshenko-to-consider-aid-mission/

ESO: Background information: Commission statement after Management Committee meeting today to assess the potential impact of Russia sanctions on EU Agriculture products http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-commission-statement-after-management-committee-meeting-today-to-assess-the-potential-impact-of-russia-sanctions-on-eu-agriculture-products/

ESO: Background information: Statement by Commissioner Borg on the Ebola outbreak in West Africa http://www.europeansources.info/record/statement-statement-by-commissioner-borg-on-the-ebola-outbreak-in-west-africa/

ESO: Background information: Joint statement by the President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy, and the President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso in the name of the European Union on the situation in Gaza http://www.europeansources.info/record/joint-statement-by-the-president-of-the-european-council-herman-van-rompuy-and-the-president-of-the-european-commission-jose-manuel-barroso-in-the-name-of-the-european-union-on-the-situation-in-gaz/

ESO: Background information: Council conclusions on Libya http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-council-conclusions-on-libya-3/

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