EU Meetings to Resume Normally in Cyprus From April, Cyprus Energy Minister Says

BRUSSELS, March 16 (Reuters) – ⁠All ⁠EU informal ⁠councils will be held as ​planned in Cyprus between April ‌and June, Cyprus ‌Energy Minister Michael ⁠Damianos ⁠said on Monday.

Cyprus, which currently holds the rotating ​EU presidency, moved all March meetings online or postponed ​them after a drone strike on ⁠a ⁠British air base ⁠amid ​the Iran crisis earlier this month. Cypriot ​officials ⁠said the attack was carried out by an Iranian‑made Shahed drone, likely launched ⁠by Iran‑backed Hezbollah from Lebanon.

“Things are all ⁠back to normal. All business, including your business resumes and all informal councils to be held in Cyprus between April and June will be held in the ⁠normal way”, Damianos said ahead of a European foreign affairs meeting in Brussels.

(Reporting by ​Charlotte Van Campenhout; Editing ​by Sudip Kar-Gupta)

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