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From 8-10 June, the UN High Level Meeting on HIV and AIDS took place in New York.

On 15 August 2019, the Government of Flanders approved a project grant to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) on land use planning and sustainable land and water management to improve agricultural productivity in Malawi.

The Minister-President of the Government of Flanders decided to award a subsidy of 50,000 euros to iSANS, the International Strategic Action Network for Security.

On June 9, Minister-President Jan Jambon received a senior political delegation from Iraqi Kurdistan. The delegation was led by Prime Minister Masrour Barzani, and also included the Kurdish Ministers of Foreign Affairs (Mr. Safeen Muhsin Dizayee) and Planning (Mr.

On June 4, the Government of Flanders decided to start a new cooperation with Morocco.

On 28 May, the Government of Flanders approved the fourth Country Strategy Paper for development cooperation with Mozambique. In doing so, Flanders once again gives depth and perspective to this cooperation for the next five years (2021-2025).

On June 7, 2021, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was concluded in Santiago de Chile between the Chilean National Service for the Elderly (SENAMA) on the one hand and the Flemish Department of Welfare, Public Health and Family (WVG) and the Agency for Care and Health on the other h

On June 4, the Diplomatic Representative of Flanders in Southern Africa took part, on behalf of Belgium, in the Article 8 Political Dialogue between the EU and Malawi, which took place in Lilongwe.

On May 21, the Government of Flanders approved the renewed action plan against extremism. “The new action plan focuses on all forms of violent radicalization. From religious extremism to right-wing extremism, online and offline.