Indicative programme - Foreign Affairs Council of 12 December 2016
Place: Justus Lipsius building, Brussels
Chair(s): Federica Mogherini, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
All times are approximate and subject to change
+/- 08.00
Arrivals ( live streaming)
+/- 07.45 (ttbc)
Doorstep by High Representative Federica Mogherini
Before the Council
EU-Cuba Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement
09.30
Signing ceremony ( live streaming)
10.00
Family photo
10.05
Joint press conference by High Representative Federica Mogherini and Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla ( live streaming)
Foreign Affairs Council
+/- 10.30
Beginning of the meeting (Roundtable)
Adoption of the agenda
Approval of A items
EU-Africa
Democratic Republic of Congo
+/- 13.00
Working lunch on Syria
+/- 15.00
Migration
+/- 16.30
Press conference by Federica Mogherini ( live streaming)
After the Council
Visit of the President of Colombia, Manuel Santos
17.00
Informal discussion with the members of the Foreign affairs Council (Roundtable)
17.30
Signature of the constitutive agreement of the EU Trust Fund for Colombia ( live streaming)
18.00
Family photo
18.05
Joint press conference by High Representative Federica Mogherini and President Manuel Santos ( live streaming)