The aim of the working lunch held by the European foreign affairs ministers on Monday 23 June in Brussels, as part of their Sectoral Council (FAC), was to lay the foundations for the discussions that will take place ahead of the EU-China Summit just before the summer break. A strategic dialogue is already scheduled for 2 July.
This first ministerial exchange, which took place in camera, was not the main focus of this EU Council, in a geopolitical context marked by the escalation of...