01/12/2017 (Agence Europe) – On Friday 1 December, the Council of the EU announced that an informal Foreign Affairs Council would be held on Tuesday 5 December in the presence of US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. This Council will take the form of a lunch. The invitation was extended by High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini. According to European External Action Service spokesperson Catherine Ray, the meeting will focus on transatlantic relations and foreign affairs subjects of common interest. The Europeans are thus taking advantage of Tillerson being in Brussels for the meeting of foreign affairs ministers from the NATO member countries on 5-6 December. (CG)