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As LETA was informed by the Foreign Ministry, during the meeting, EU foreign ministers discussed a plan of action of combating the spread of the Ebola virus, the current situation in Libya, Syria, Iraq and the Middle East, as well as agreed on creation of an EU advisor mission to Ukraine.

On the sidelines of the Foreign Affairs Council meeting, Rinkevics organized a Friends of Georgia meeting, which was attended by the Georgian foreign minister, EU foreign ministers, as well as representatives from the EU's Foreign Services department. During the meeting, discussed were the preparations for the upcoming EU Eastern Partnership Summit in Riga, the reform process in Georgia, as well as the ratification of EU-Georgian Association Agreement.

Rinkevics also called on European partners to show stronger support to Eastern Partnership countries, and expressed support to Georgia's reform process.

Meanwhile, during the Foreign Affairs Council meeting itself, the foreign ministers agreed on a common strategy in fighting the spread of the Ebola virus, by enhancing mutual coordination in humanitarian aid operations, as well as ensuring the necessary medical evacuation transportation, so that EU medics on the ground in the regions hit by the Ebola outbreak in Africa can return to Europe.