Brussels, 11/02/2010 (Agence Europe) - Catherine Ashton, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs, announced on Thursday 11 February that an EU military mission was being prepared for Haiti, tasked with providing shelter for earthquake victims ahead of the rainy season which starts in March. “Following intensive contacts, the Haitian prime minister and the United Nations have asked for my assistance in leading a European military response in addition to our continuing humanitarian and development aid. Shelter is now the most burning need”, Ashton said. (H.B./transl.jl)