The Secretary-General met today with H.E. Mr. Jean Asselborn, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Luxembourg, H. E. Mr. Romain Schneider, Minister of Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs of Luxembourg, and H. E. Ms. Carole Dieschbourg, Minister of Environment of Luxembourg.

They discussed the importance of a robust outcome for the Third International Conference on Financing for Development to take place in Addis Ababa in July 2015 as well as the state-of-play in the negotiations on the Post-2015 Development Agenda. In that context, the Secretary-General expressed his appreciation for Luxembourg’s strong and continuous commitment to development aid.

In addition, the participants had an in-depth discussion on climate change, in particular on the financing chapter of the ongoing negotiations, as well as on the issue of migration through the Mediterranean. Finally, the Secretary-General took the opportunity to congratulate Luxembourg for assuming the Presidency of the European Council of the European Union as of 1 July.