Deputy Foreign Minister Dimitris Dollis will be in Budapest on Friday and Saturday, 11 and 12 March, to participate in the Informal (Gymnich) Meeting of EU Foreign Ministers. 

Friday’s session will look at changes brought about by the Lisbon Treaty in EU Foreign Relations, as well as at the process of setting up the European External Action Service (EEAS). Saturday morning’s working breakfast will be attended by candidate countries and will focus on the situation in the Southern Neighbourhood; particularly in Tunisia, Libya and Egypt.