EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen and EU Council president Antonio Costa discuss a new chapter in bilateral relations with Syria in Damascus with Syrian President Ahmed al-Shaara.

The EU and Jordan marked a key milestone in their relationship with a first-ever bilateral summit, reviewing implementation of the EU-Jordan Strategic and Comprehensive Partnership (SCP) signed a year ago.

Cyprus assumed the Presidency of the Council of the European Union on 1 January, at a time of acute geopolitical upheaval and unpredictability, under the motto “An Autonomous Union. Open to the World.”