On 11 March 2013, Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, chaired the 3230th meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels.
The EU Ministers discussed the EU relations with Russia, ahead of an exchange of views at the European Council on 14/15 March 2013. The Council also took stock of EU relations with Japan, in view of the upcoming EU/Japan summit. It also reviewed recent developments in Iraq. The Council debated events in the EU's southern neighborhood, focusing on Egypt, Libya and Tunisia. The EU Ministers also discussed the situation in Syria with Lakhdar Brahimi, Special Representative of the UN and the League of Arab States for Syria.
This video shows extracts from the round table.
Only the original language version is authentic and it prevails in the event of its differing from the translated versions.
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Arrival of Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and President of the Council |
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Catherine Ashton and Didier Reynders, Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, External Trade and European Affairs |
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Catherine Ashton and Dimitris Kourkoulas, Greek Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs |
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Didier Reynders (2 shots) |
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Catherine Ashton and Erkki Tuomioja, Finnish Minister for Foreign Affairs |
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Catherine Ashton (2 shots) |
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Jean Asselborn, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Luxembourg, and Dimitris Kourkoulas |
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Jean Asselborn and Catherine Ashton |
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Catherine Ashton (2 shots) |
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Cutaway of cameramen |
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Jean Asselborn and Didier Reynders |
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Catherine Ashton talking with people - arrival of José Manuel García-Margallo y Marfil, Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, and handshake with Catherine Ashton |
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José Manuel García-Margallo y Marfil (3 shots) |
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Dimitris Kourkoulas (2 shots) |
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Didier Reynders and José Manuel García-Margallo y Marfil (2 shots) |
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Štefan Füle, Member of the EC in charge of Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy |
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Štefan Füle and Catherine Ashton |
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Štefan Füle, Catherine Ashton and Carl Bildt, Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs (2 shots) |
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Miroslav Lajčák, Slovak Minister for Foreign Affairs, and José Manuel García-Margallo y Marfil |
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Didier Reynders and José Manuel García-Margallo y Marfil |
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Catherine Ashton and Eamon Gilmore |
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Dimitris Kourkoulas and Linas Antanas Linkevičius, Lithuanian Minister for Foreign Affairs |
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Jean Asselborn and Edgars Rinkēvičs, Latvian Minister for Foreign Affairs |
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Karel Schwarzenberg, Czech Minister for Foreign Affairs |
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Catherine Ashton and Guido Westerwelle, German Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs |
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Guido Westerwelle and Karel Schwarzenberg (3 shots) |
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Guido Westerwelle (2 shots) |
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French and Slovenian Delegations |
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General view of the meeting |
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