At their informal meeting (Gymnich) at the Palais d'Egmont on Saturday 3 February, the EU foreign ministers expressed their willingness to strengthen dialogue with African countries in order to deepen the strategic partnership with Africa in an increasingly difficult geopolitical context, particularly in the Sahel (see EUROPE B13341A17).
“Africa is too big and too varied to be called ‘Africa’. But we have been discussing the continent as a geopolitical priority, [and] our absolute...