View of the Old City of Akko, Israel. File photoTEL AVIV, Oct 2 Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid will host the first conference of the Israel-European Union Association Council after a 10-year hiatus on Monday, the Prime Minister's press office said. service, the conference will be attended by EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell and foreign ministers of several states. Israel will be represented by Intelligence Minister Elazar Stern. During the conference, the parties are expected to review relations between Israel and the EU, discuss areas of cooperation and ways to develop and improve relations. «Convening the Association Council for the first time since 2012 is an important political achievement, reflecting the improvement Israel with the European Union over the past year,» the press service notes. The Council is the highest forum for promoting relations between Israel and the EU in scientific, economic, environmental and other fields, the press service writes.
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