Foreign Affairs Council - March 2013

	Story Title Story Description	Foreign Affairs Council - March 2013 The Foreign Affairs Council takes place on 11 March 2013, under the presidency of Catherine ASHTON, EU HR for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.
	Video Title Video Description	Roundtable Extracts from the roundtable of the Foreign Affairs Council on 11 March 2013, in Brussels.

Reference	98762	Video infos	Mpg4 / PAL - 16:9	Duration	00:03:42	Type	News package
Shooting Date	11-03-2013	Country	Belgium	Town	Brussels

Background	The Foreign Affairs Ministers discuss the EU relations with Russia, ahead of an exchange of views at the European Council on 14/15 March. The Council takes stock of EU relations with Japan, in view of the upcoming EU-Japan summit. It also reviews recent developments in Iraq. The Council also debates events in the EU’s southern neighbourhood, focusing on Egypt, Libya and Tunisia. During lunch, ministers discuss the situation in Syria with Lakhdar Brahimi, United Nations and Arab League Special Representative for Syria.

Background

The Foreign Affairs Ministers discuss the EU relations with Russia, ahead of an exchange of views at the European Council on 14/15 March. The Council takes stock of EU relations with Japan, in view of the upcoming EU-Japan summit. It also reviews recent developments in Iraq. The Council also debates events in the EU’s southern neighbourhood, focusing on Egypt, Libya and Tunisia.
During lunch, ministers discuss the situation in Syria with Lakhdar Brahimi, United Nations
and Arab League Special Representative for Syria.

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00:00:01		Catherine ASHTON, EU HR for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Keywords : Ashton Duration : 00:00:04
00:00:05		Cutaway Duration : 00:00:04
00:00:09		Didier REYNDERS, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign, External Trade and European Affairs of Belgium; Catherine ASHTON, EU HR for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Keywords : Ashton \| Reynders Duration : 00:00:05
00:00:14		Dimitris KOURKOULAS, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Greece; Catherine ASHTON, EU HR for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Keywords : Kourkoulas Duration : 00:00:05
00:00:19		Didier REYNDERS, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign, External Trade and European Affairs of Belgium (2 shots) Keywords : Reynders Duration : 00:00:09
00:00:28		Erkki TUOMIOJA, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland; Catherine ASHTON, EU HR for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Keywords : Tuomioja Duration : 00:00:05
00:00:33		Catherine ASHTON, EU HR for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (2 shots) Duration : 00:00:11
00:00:44		Jean ASSELBORN, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Luxembourg; Dimitris KOURKOULAS, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Greece Keywords : Asselborn Duration : 00:00:06
00:00:50		Jean ASSELBORN, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Luxembourg; Catherine ASHTON, EU HR for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Duration : 00:00:05
00:00:55		Catherine ASHTON, EU HR for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (2 shots) Duration : 00:00:09
00:01:04		Cutaway Duration : 00:00:04
00:01:08		Jean ASSELBORN, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Luxembourg; Didier REYNDERS, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign, External Trade and European Affairs of Belgium Duration : 00:00:05
00:01:13		José Manuel GARCÍA-MARGALLO Y MARFIL, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Spain; Titus CORLĂTEAN, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania; Catherine ASHTON, EU HR for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Keywords : García-Margallo y Marfil \| Corlǎtean Duration : 00:00:06
00:01:19		José Manuel GARCÍA-MARGALLO Y MARFIL, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Spain (3 shots) Duration : 00:00:15
00:01:34		Edgars RINKĒVIČS, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Latvia; Dimitris KOURKOULAS, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Greece Keywords : Rinkēvičs Duration : 00:00:10
00:01:44		Dimitris KOURKOULAS, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Greece Duration : 00:00:04
00:01:48		José Manuel GARCÍA-MARGALLO Y MARFIL, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Spain; Didier REYNDERS, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign, External Trade and European Affairs of Belgium (2 shots) Duration : 00:00:11
00:01:59		Štefan FÜLE, European Commissioner in charge of Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy Keywords : Füle Duration : 00:00:05
00:02:04		Štefan FÜLE, European Commissioner in charge of Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy; Catherine ASHTON, EU HR for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Duration : 00:00:07
00:02:11		Carl BILDT, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Sweden; Štefan FÜLE, European Commissioner in charge of Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy; Catherine ASHTON, EU HR for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (2 shots) Keywords : Bildt Duration : 00:00:19
00:02:30		Miroslav LAJCAK, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic; José Manuel GARCÍA-MARGALLO Y MARFIL, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Spain Duration : 00:00:06
00:02:36		José Manuel GARCÍA-MARGALLO Y MARFIL, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Spain; Didier REYNDERS, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign, External Trade and European Affairs of Belgium Duration : 00:00:07
00:02:43		Catherine ASHTON, EU HR for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Duration : 00:00:04
00:02:47		Dimitris KOURKOULAS, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Greece; Linas Antanas LINKEVIČIUS, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Keywords : Linkevičius Duration : 00:00:04
00:02:51		Jean ASSELBORN, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Luxembourg; Edgars RINKĒVIČS, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Latvia Duration : 00:00:05
00:02:56		Karel SCHWARZENBERG, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Czech Republic; Igor SENCAR, State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia Keywords : Schwarzenberg \| Senčar Duration : 00:00:05
00:03:01		Catherine ASHTON, EU HR for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy; Guido WESTERWELLE, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany Duration : 00:00:05
00:03:06		Guido WESTERWELLE, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany; Karel SCHWARZENBERG, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Czech Republic (3 shots) Duration : 00:00:17
00:03:23		Guido WESTERWELLE, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany (2 shots) Duration : 00:00:11
00:03:34		Delegation of France; Igor SENCAR, State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovenia Duration : 00:00:05
00:03:39		General view Duration : 00:00:02
00:03:41		End Duration : 00:00:00

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Foreign Affairs Council - March 2013

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