Under the auspices of the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union, Bruno Delaye, the French ambassador to Spain will invite all the ambassadors from the EU Member States to visit the EU Satellite Centre on 2 December next.

The Chinese authorities informed the European Union of their decision to request the postponement of the 11th EU-China Summit, scheduled to be held on 1 December next.

The next stages in deepening the economic component of the Association Agreement.

Under the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the European Commission delegation and the French embassy in Beijing are organising the first European Union Film Festival in China from 1 to 20 December 2008.

To mark the 5th anniversary of the implementation of the EU-Chili Association Agreement, the French foreign ministry and the European Commission delegation in Chili organised a seminar to review the progress achieved over the past five years on 28 November.

On 27 and 28 November the first EU-Central Asia ministerial conference entitled, "Rule of Law - Cornerstone of Development" will take place on the sidelines of the Justice and Home Affairs Council in Brussels.

On 27 and 28 November EU ambassadors carried out a working visit to Guanajuato in Mexico proposed by the French EU Presidency.

Under the French EU Presidency, the French embassy co-organised a European news and television seminar with the German, Spanish, UK and Italian embassies in Greece, the European Parliament representations in Athens and Cyprus and the European Commssion.

The Chinese authorities informed the European Union of their decision to request the postponement of the 11th EU-China Summit, scheduled to be held on 1 December next.

The Joint Parliamentary Assembly (JPA), composed of an equal number of representatives from the European Union (MEPs) and from the ACP (appointed by the parliament of each ACP state), meets twice a year in a plenary session. The sessions are hosted alternately in an ACP or EU country (generally the country holding the six-month presidency).

The EU-Africa troika ministerial meetings from 20-21 November are part of the Lisbon EU-Africa Partnership and Action Plan for 2008-2010, particularly the Peace and Security Partnership