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Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova slammed on July 17 a conclusion adopted by the EU Foreign Affairs Council on the Turkish drilling activities in the Eastern Mediterranean.     

Cyprus is set to establish formal diplomatic relations with North Macedonia.

The news was revealed during the Economist conference in Lagonisi, in southwestern Attica.

Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides is expected to sign the agreement on the 29th of August at an EU Foreign Affairs Council summit in Finland.

They wrote about the outcome of the recent general elections in Bosnia-Herzegovina, expressing deep concern over the fact that the Croat representative (Zeljko Komsic) in the BiH Presidency were elected by Bosniaks (Muslims), while the vast majority of Croats voted for another candidate.

Greek Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs George Katrougalos (l) and German minister of state for Europe Michael Roth at the start of EU Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) meeting at the European Council in Brussels, Monday. [EPA]

"Miracles are possible," Macedonian Foreign Minister Nikola Dimitrov said on Monday in Brussels, when asked to comment on the skepticism voiced by several EU member states about granting his country a start to accession talks this year.

Macedonian Foreign Minister, Nikola Dimitrov, said after meeting his Greek counterpart, Nikos Kotzias, on Sunday in Brussels, that the two sides had reached a framework for a solution to the dispute over Macedonia's name - but it needed more work.

EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini addressed reporters ahead of the EU Foreign Affairs Council to announce that this will be "a chance with to exchange views on how to better work with our partners in the Western Balkans for our common security and prosperity."

Speaking on Thursday ahead of a meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council, he assessed that the year 2022 could be realistic for EU's enlargement to the two Balkan countries.

Hungary's foreign minister also said he was disappointed by the recently unveiled enlargement strategy for the Western Balkans and that "integration and the enlargement process must be much, much faster."

Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias will be in Brussels on Monday, 18 January, to participate in a meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council (FAC).

Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias will be in Brussels on Monday, May 18, to attend a meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council (FAC).