07/07/2016 (Agence Europe) - UfM: preparations for ministerial meeting despite fraught regional context. On Thursday 7 July, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, who is also the co-president of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), hosted a meeting with the Secretary General of this organisation, Fathallah Sijilmassi, to discuss the preparations for the annual Foreign Affairs Ministers' meeting of the 43 member countries. The meeting has been set for next November, the rather unfavourable regional context. During the meeting with Sijilmassi, they discussed UfM activities. The latter has just published its annual report for 2015. (FB)