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EU and Arab leaders meet in Athens

On June 10 and 11, 2014, the European Union and League of Arab States held its third ministerial meeting in Athens, Greece, to strengthen their cooperation on a range of geo-political issues.

(From 2nd L-Front) EU foreign policy chief and EU Commission Vice-President, Catherine Ashton, Greek foreign minister Evangelos venizelos, and Nabil Elaraby , Secretary General of the League of Arab states, and the participants to the ministerial meeting of the EU and the League of Arab states pose for a group photo at Zappion hall in Athe

EU foreign policy chief and EU Commission Vice-President, Catherine Ashton (L) , Greek foreign minister Evangelos venizelos (C) and Nabil Elaraby , secretary general of the League of Arab states chat during a group photo of the participants of the ministerial meeting of the EU and the League of Arab states at Zappion hall in Athens on June 11, 2014. (AFP/Getty Images)

Qatari Foreign affairs Minister Khalid Al-Attiyah (L) talks with Omani Foreign Minister Yussef bin Alawi bin Abdullah on the second day of the ministerial meeting of the EU and the League of Arab states in Athens on June 11, 2014. (AFP/Getty Images)

Kuwaiti Minister of Foreign Affairs Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah (C) walks with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari (R) during a ministerial meeting of the EU and the League of Arab states at Zappion hall in Athens on June 11, 2014. (AFP/Getty Images)

Britain’s Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Hugh Robertson (L) talks with UAE minister of state Abdulla Ghobash as they attend the second day of the ministerial meeting of the EU and the League of Arab states in Athens on June 11, 2014. (AFP/Getty Images)

EU foreign policy chief and EU Commission Vice-President, Catherine Ashton speaks with Nabil Elaraby, secretary general of the League of Arab states, during a press conference after the second day of the ministerial meeting of the EU and the League of Arab states in Athens on June 11, 2014. (AFP/Getty Images)

Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy attends the ministerial meeting of the EU and the League of Arab states in Athens on June 11, 2014. (AFP/Getty Images)

UAE Minister of State Abdulla Ghobash (L) talks with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari during a family photo of the participants of the ministerial meeting of the EU and the League of Arab states at Zappion hall in Athens on June 11, 2014. (AFP/Getty Images)

Belgium’s deputy Prime minister and minister of Foreign Affairs, Trade and European Affairs, Didier Reynders talks with Nabil Elaraby, secretary general of the League of Arab states (R) during a ministerial meeting of the EU and the League of Arab states in Athens on June 11, 2014. (AFP/Getty Images)

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