ACP - EU Council of ministers, 31/05-01/06/2018 - Infographic - EU relations with African, Caribbean and Pacific countries

Infographic - EU relations with African, Caribbean and Pacific countries

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The ACP-EU Council of ministers met in Lomé on 31 May and 1 June in order to discuss the implementation of the current ACP-EU partnership agreement. The meeting was co-chaired by Ekaterina Zaharieva, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bulgaria (currently holding the Presidency of the Council), and by Kamina Johnson Smith, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica.

The ACP group of states and the EU adopted a joint declaration on climate change, in light of the Paris agreement of December 2015.

Ministers also discussed the future of the relations between ACP countries and the EU, as the current ACP-EU partnership agreement is due to expire in 2020 and ways to strengthen cooperation in international fora on issues of common interest.

With regards to migration, ministers took stock of the implementation of the Valletta action plan, the EU emergency trust fund for Africa, and the ACP-EU migration dialogue.

The joint Council also discussed economic issues, such as development finance cooperation, trade cooperation, and the European external investment plan.

Joint declaration by the African, Caribbean and Pacific group of states and the EU on climate change (press release 1/6)

Cotonou Agreement (background information)

EU-Africa relations (background information)

Meeting information

Location: Lomé (Togo)

31/05-01/06/2018

Preparatory documents

Provisional agenda, ACP-EU Council of ministers, 31/05-01/06/2018

Provisional agenda, ACP-EU Committee on development finance cooperation, 31 May 2018