ACP - EU Council of ministers, 04-05/05/2017
Main results
Meeting information
The annual meeting of EU and ACP ministers was held on 5 May 2017
under the co-chairmanship of Mr George Vella, minister of foreign
affairs of Malta, president-in-office of the Council of the European
Union, and Mr Abraham Tekeste, minister of finance and economic
cooperation of the federal democratic republic of Ethiopia,
president-in-office of the ACP Council of ministers.
EU and ACP ministers discussed the implementation of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda and Climate Change. They exchanged on their respective preparation processes and possible areas of convergence ahead of the upcoming global milestone meetings later this year: the high-level political forum on sustainable development in New York in July, and the 2017 UN climate change conference (COP 23) in Bonn, in November.
EU and ACP ministers discussed the implementation of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda and Climate Change. They exchanged on their respective preparation processes and possible areas of convergence ahead of the upcoming global milestone meetings later this year: the high-level political forum on sustainable development in New York in July, and the 2017 UN climate change conference (COP 23) in Bonn, in November.
Following up on the discussions started in 2015, ministers exchanged views on migration
and on the progress made regarding the implementation of the joint
Valletta action plan and the EU trust fund for Africa. They also
discussed ways to enhance cooperation between ACP and EU countries in
this regard.
Ministers also took stock of the ongoing reflection processes on each side on the future of the EU-ACP relations after 2020, given the expiry of the Cotonou partnership agreement on 29 February 2020.
5/5/2017
Letter of congratulations from President Donald Tusk to Boyko Borissov on his reappointment as Prime Minister of Bulgaria |
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On
behalf of the European Council, I wish to warmly congratulate you on
your reappointment as Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria.
I
am confident that your government will provide Bulgaria with stability
conducive to the continued development of your country as well as the
European Union.
I
am glad that we had the opportunity to hold a phone conversation
shortly after your reappointment, in which, among other things, we
discussed the situation in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. As
a member of the European Union and upcoming holder of the Presidency of
the Council of the EU, Bulgaria plays a particularly active role in
supporting stability and strengthening the democratic processes in its
neighbourhood.
I look forward to once again working closely with you, and I wish you every success.
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