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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10062

23 January 2010
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/foreign affairs
First Council to be chaired by Catherine Ashton to discuss EU aid for Haiti, Somalia, Iran and Afghanistan

Brussels, 22/01/2010 (Agence Europe) - A new event will occur in the EU on Monday 25 January when, under the Lisbon Treaty that is now in force, the new EU high representative for foreign affairs (foreign policy chief), Catherine Ashton of the UK, will chair for the very first time the new Foreign Affairs Council rather than the foreign minister of the country holding the rotating EU presidency, currently Miguel Ángel Moratinos of Spain. Ashton's busy agenda is already revealing the...

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