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The foreign ministers of Egypt, France, Jordan, Spain and Tunisia met in Cairo on Tuesday in an effort to revive the nascent Mediterranean Union, a year after its launch.

The ministers gathered for a meeting and working dinner. No press conference was scheduled after the meeting.

Speaking in Madrid before the meeting, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said that the grouping was "very close to naming its secretary general," who will be a representative of an Arab country.

He said an announcement, which could come as soon as Tuesday evening, would allow the Union to prepare for its second planned summit, scheduled for Barcelona in June as part of Spain's six-month EU presidency.

Launched at a Paris summit in July 2008, the Mediterranean Union groups EU member states with countries in North Africa, the Balkans, the Arab world as well as Israel in a bid to foster cooperation in one of the world's most volatile regions.