Christos Stylianides: Speaking at the EU-Horn of Africa Informal MFA meeting, Brussels - Main contents
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date | September 29, 2017 |
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city | Brussels, Belgium |
attending | Ch. (Christos) Stylianides i et al. |
organisation | European External Action Service (EEAS) i |
The External Action Service (EEAS) of the European Union is officially an autonomous body within the EU. It is in part the successor to the directorate general for external affairs of the European Commission, elements of Council's secretariat and supplemented by personnel from the member states. Its main task it to support the EU in making and implementing foreign and development policies. At the request of member states the EEAS acts as a diplomatic service.
The EEAS also co-ordinates EU activities such as the missions to Bosnia, Kosovo and Afghanistan. The European intelligence services is part of the EEAS as well.