Greek Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Evangelos Venizelos is in Brussels to participate in the meeting of foreign ministers of NATO member states.

The meeting will begin with a NATO-Ukraine Council meeting and continue with the meeting of the North Atlantic Council. Later, Mr. Venizelos will take part in the North Atlantic Council’s meeting with the states considering participation in operation Resolute Action, in Afghanistan. On the sidelines of the meeting, Mr. Venizelos will meet with his Albanian counterpart Ditmir Bushati.

On Wednesday, Mr. Venizelos is participating in the meeting of the coalition of countries against ISIL, which is also taking place in Brussels.

The Greek Finance Minister will then depart for Basel, Switzerland, where he will take part in the Ministerial Council of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the 2014 chairmanship of which is held by Switzerland. He will also attend a dinner hosted by the President and Foreign Minister of Switzerland, Didier Burkhalter, at which there will be a discussion of the Ukraine crisis and the OSCE’s role in the conflict. On Thursday, Mr. Venizelos will address the plenary of the Ministerial Council.