EU-Israel Forum
The EU-Israel Forum was formed after EU Foreign Ministers agreed on 11 October 1999, to support an initiative by EU Middle East envoy Miguel-Angel Moratinos.[1]
It was enivisaged that the forum would have NGO status and would meet three times a year in Europe or Israel. According to European Report, "members will include economic decision-makers, business people, MPs, government Ministers, journalists, academics and other experts, who will come to together to consider EU/Israel bilateral relations, trade, finance, investment, scientific research and technology, energy, the environment, culture, the media, regional issues and the impact of the EU's Common Foreign and Security Policy on EU/Israel relations."[1]
