EU needs to tackle Southern Mediterranean challenges together, panel hears

Bled, 5 September - Participants of a panel debate on the Southern Mediterranean at the Bled Strategic Forum (BSF) on Tuesday agreed that the EU needed to tackle the challenges and threats coming from the region as a whole while paying attention to the specifics of the individual parts of the region.

Bled A panel on Southern Mediterranean at the Bled Strategic Forum. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

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A panel on Southern Mediterranean at the Bled Strategic Forum.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Bled Benedetto Della Vedova, undersecretary at the Italian Foreign Ministry, attends a panel on Southern Mediterranean at the Bled Strategic Forum. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

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Benedetto Della Vedova, undersecretary at the Italian Foreign Ministry, attends a panel on Southern Mediterranean at the Bled Strategic Forum.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Bled Andreu Claret, advisor and former executive director of the Anna Lindh Foundation, attends a panel on Southern Mediterranean at the Bled Strategic Forum. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

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Andreu Claret, advisor and former executive director of the Anna Lindh Foundation, attends a panel on Southern Mediterranean at the Bled Strategic Forum.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Bled Sarah Rizk of the German law firm Amereller attends a panel on Southern Mediterranean at the Bled Strategic Forum. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

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Sarah Rizk of the German law firm Amereller attends a panel on Southern Mediterranean at the Bled Strategic Forum.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Bled Masanori Naito, the dean of the Graduate School of Global Studies at Doshisha University, attends a panel on Southern Mediterranean at the Bled Strategic Forum. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

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Masanori Naito, the dean of the Graduate School of Global Studies at Doshisha University, attends a panel on Southern Mediterranean at the Bled Strategic Forum.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Bled Fathallah Sijilmassi, secretary general of the Union for the Mediterranean, attends a panel on Southern Mediterranean at the Bled Strategic Forum. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

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Fathallah Sijilmassi, secretary general of the Union for the Mediterranean, attends a panel on Southern Mediterranean at the Bled Strategic Forum.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Bled Palestinian legislator and activist Hanan Ashrawi speaks at a panel on Southern Mediterranean at the Bled Strategic Forum. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

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Palestinian legislator and activist Hanan Ashrawi speaks at a panel on Southern Mediterranean at the Bled Strategic Forum.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Bled Michael Martens, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung's correspondent for SE Europe and Turkey, speaks at a panel on Southern Mediterranean at the Bled Strategic Forum. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

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Michael Martens, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung's correspondent for SE Europe and Turkey, speaks at a panel on Southern Mediterranean at the Bled Strategic Forum.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Bled Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Terence Spencer Nicholas Quick speaks at a panel on Southern Mediterranean at the Bled Strategic Forum. Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

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Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Terence Spencer Nicholas Quick speaks at a panel on Southern Mediterranean at the Bled Strategic Forum.
Photo: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

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