Press Release: Sixth Euro-Med Ministerial Conference: reinforcing and bringing the Partnership forward

The sixth Euro-Mediterranean Conference of Foreign Affairs Ministers took place in Naples on 2 and 3 December 2003 and was the last ministerial meeting before the enlargement of the European Union in May 2003. Items discussed included the political and economic prospects for the region offered by the EU's Wider Europe policy; the Commission's proposal to set up a Euro-Mediterranean Foundation for the Dialogue of Cultures, a Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly and a reinforced European Investment Bank lending facility to encourage private sector investment in the region.

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