3. In view of this, the Presidency prepared draft Council Conclusions as set out in doc.7923/17 which were presented and examined at two consecutive meetings of the HWPCI meeting, respectively of 19 April and 12 May 2017 where the text was further streamlined and improved according to the comments provided by Member States. 4. On 6 June 2017 the final text of the draft Council Conclusions was submitted to PSC in line with the tasking of March and it was agreed with several additions 2 with a view to their adoption by the Council. 5. Against this background, COREPER is requested to invite the Council to approve the draft Council conclusions on a Framework for a Joint EU Diplomatic Response to Malicious Cyber Activities, as set out in the Annex. 2 WK 6162/2017 REV 1 9916/17 MK/ec DGD2B 2 EN

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