Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias will participate on Friday and Saturday in a two-day Informal Meeting of EU member-state foreign ministers (Gymnich Meeting), scheduled for Riga, in Latvia.

On the first day, the Gymnich proceedings will focus on, among other things, the situation in Libya and the negotiations under way to form a national unity government; the crisis in Ukraine and in EU-Russia relations; as well as preparations for the Eastern Neighbourhood Summit, which will take place in May in Riga.

The second day of the Gymnich Meeting will start with a meeting of EU member states with the candidate countries for EU membership, during which there will be discussion of the main developments in the Eastern Neighbourhood. The Foreign Ministers will then look at the process for the revision of the European Neighbourhood Policy and the revision of the EU Security Strategy.