The EU regional
\nsecurity strategy for Syria and Iraq, the strategy for fighting the IS
\nterrorist group and the EU global strategy, as well as migration-related issues
\nwere some of the topics approached on Monday in Brussels by the foreign
\nministers of EU member states. The Union wants the fight against IS to be
\ncarried on in parallel with a search for political solutions to the war in
\nSyria, said the EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini. Member countries
\nview the IS group and its violent ideology as a threat to international
\nsecurity and the European area. <\/p>\n
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Attending the
\nmeeting of the Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels, the Romanian Foreign
\nMinister Lazar Comanescu highlighted the need to identify new means to prevent
\nthe funding of terrorist groups. As regards the EU Global Strategy, the
\nRomanian official emphasised the importance of the challenges facing the Black
\nSea region, as well as the pivotal role of this region in outlining new
\nregional security infrastructures, including in the area of transport and
\nenergy. <\/p>\n
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Migration was
\nanother topic on the agenda of the Foreign Affairs Council. The EU ministers
\nagreed to extend the naval mission along the Libyan coastline to tackle the
\ntrafficking of people into Europe. The EU also pledged assistance to Libya to
\nrebuild its navy and coast guard forces, in order to curb migration. <\/p>\n
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Also on Monday,
\nLazar Comanescu took part in a meeting of EU foreign ministers with their
\ncounterparts from the Eastern Partnership countries, namely Moldova, Ukraine,
\nGeorgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Belarus, in which talks focused on the
\nprogress made in implementing the goals established at the 2015 Eastern
\nPartnership Summit in Riga. On this occasion, participants reiterated their
\ncommon commitment to further promoting the Eastern Partnership as a strategic
\ninstrument of the EU in its eastern neighbourhood, based on shared interests
\nand goals, and on supporting the reforms in the partner countries. Here is the
\nRomanian Foreign Minister, Lazar Comanescu:<\/p>\n
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Beyond the
\nadvantages entailed by these free trade agreements, we have suggested a number
\nof measures, which we hope will be implemented in the future, concerning, for
\ninstance, services that benefit citizens, such as extending the mobile roaming
\nsystem to include the partner countries. The same goes for other such as the
\nEuropean payment systems.<\/p>\n
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Comanescu also
\nsuggested that measures should be identified to support these countries,
\nincluding investments in infrastructure and access to the European health
\ninsurance card system.<\/p>\n
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