Foreign ministers of the 27 member states of the European Union met in Sopot, Poland, at the weekend for their informal meeting under the Polish presidency of the European Union in the second half of 2011.
The ministers, together with EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, discussed the EU's plans to support Libya, a possible oil embargo for Syria and the 'Eastern Partnership', the strategy for dealing with countries such as Ukraine, Belarus and Russia.
The twice-yearly informal meeting of EU foreign ministers is also known as the 'Gymnich' meeting, named after the town in Germany where such regular meeting was first held.
