World

EU leaders set for video summit to discuss COVID-19 on Jan 21

Published January 8, 2021 Updated January 8, 2021 04:34pm
By

BRUSSELS: EU leaders are set to meet online on January 21 to discuss the bloc's efforts to counter the COVID-19 pandemic, the spokesman of the chair of EU summits said on Friday.

The spokesman for European Council President Charles Michel tweeted that the leaders' video conference would start at 1800 local time (1700 GMT) on Thursday January 21 and would focus on COVID-19 coordination.