Barcelona, Spain, 4 March. The new Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean was officially inaugurated in Barcelona, which has become the "capital and driver of Mediterranean unity", according to the new Secretary General of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), Ahmad Masadeh.
This new stage in Euro-Mediterranean relations is intended to achieve a more dynamic association of EU countries and their Mediterranean partners.
The ceremony at the Pedralbes Palace in Barcelona was attended by the Foreign Ministers of Spain, France, Egypt and Jordan, the European Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy Stefan Füle, the Secretary General of the Arab League Amr Moussa, the High Representative of the UN Alliance of Civilisations Jorge Sampaio. One of the guests at the event was also Prof Dr. Joseph Mifsud, President of EMUNI University.
The UfM welcomed, from its beginning, the principles, values and goals set out 15 years ago in the Declaration of Barcelona: to work together to make the Mediterranean a place of peace, development and human and cultural dialogue.
The six priority projects of the organisation are the de-pollution of the Mediterranean, maritime and overland highways, civil protection, alternative energies and producing a Mediterranean Solar Energy Plan, the creation of the Euro-Mediterranean University and the development of business in the region.
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