The Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe today passed from Denmark to Croatia, at a meeting in Elsinore, Denmark, attended by representatives of its 47 member States.
The outgoing Chair, Anders Samuelsen, Minister of Foreign affairs of Denmark, handed over to the new Chair of the Committee of Ministers, Marija Pejčinović Burić , Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Croatia, who will now hold the chairmanship for the next six months.
