Extraordinary meeting of EU Foreign Ministers on 25 August

Government Communications Unit
Ministry for Foreign Affairs

Press release 308/2006
22 August, 2006

The Presidency has convened an extraordinary meeting of EU Foreign Ministers, which will take place in Brussels on the afternoon of Friday, 25 August.

The purpose of the meeting is to focus on EU Member States' contributions to UNIFIL and the conditions needed to make the operation a success.

The meeting will be chaired by Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja. The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, will attend.