The Spanish Foreign Ministry announced today that the Foreign Affairs Minister, José Manuel Albares, will welcome the representatives of the more than 40 countries and institutions that will attend the event on October 28 in the Catalan capital.
The main objective of the meeting is to address the situation in the Middle East.
Previously, on Sunday, the minister will give a welcome dinner to the participants at the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya.
Albares will host the event co-chaired by the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Commission, Josep Borrell, and the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign and Expatriate Affairs Minister of Jordan, Ayman Safadi.
UfM Secretary General Nasser Kamel is also expected to participate.
It will focus on analyzing the most urgent regional challenges, with particular attention to the worrying situation in the Middle East and the role that the UfM can play in favor of conflict solution through the Euro-Mediterranean cooperation.
The forum, which traditionally convenes the 43 member states of the UfM in Barcelona, is a unique opportunity to exchange ideas on how to move forward together in the response to regional tensions and the search for peace and stability, the Foreign Ministry stressed.
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