Johannes Hahn, Vytenis Andriukaitis, Helga Schmid, engaging in exchanges with their counterparts on 26th of November in Tbilisi
Johannes Hahn, EU Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Vytenis Andriukaitis,
EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety and Helga Schmid, Deputy
Secretary General of the European External Action Service will engage in
exchanges with their counterparts in the Eastern Partnership countries
during the sixth Informal Partnership dialogue on 26th of November in
Tbilisi.
Hosted by Georgia, the meeting brings together Ministers
and high level officials of the six Eastern Partnership countries -
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova, Ukraine -
for a high level exchange on foreign affairs as well as on health
cooperation.
The Informal Eastern Partnership dialogue meeting
will give participants the opportunity to...
reflect on the progress made
within the areas of cooperation agreed in Riga Summit and to share their
preliminary views on the results of the reviewed European Neighbourhood
Policy published on the 18 November. It will also allow an exchange on
latest foreign policy evolutions of common interest, including the
security challenges in the region. Commissioners and the respective
Health Ministers of the six Eastern Partnership countries will also
elaborate on common challenges and responses on health cooperation,
including cross-border threats to health.
The informal Eastern
Partnership dialogues are held twice a year and hosted in turn by the
Eastern Partnership countries. They allow for open, informal exchange of
views between the partner countries and the EU high level
representatives on foreign policy and sectoral cooperation areas.
