The Cooperation Council between the European Union (EU) and the Republic of Iraq held its  first meeting in Brussels on 20 January 2014. The meeting was opened by the High  Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs, Catherine Ashton, who headed the EU  delegation. Deputy Foreign Minister of Greece, Dimitrios Kourkoulas, was also present  and chaired the remaining part of the meeting. The Iraq delegation was led by the Minister of Foreign Affairs H.E.Mr. Hoshyar Zebari.