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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10083

23 February 2010
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/external relations
Vygaudas Usackas is new EU Special Representative (SR) in Afghanistan - Mandates of other SR are extended

Brussels, 22/02/2010 (Agence Europe) - At a proposal by Catherine Ashton, EU High Representative, the Foreign Affairs Council reached a political agreement on Monday 22 February on the appointment of Vygaudas Usackas of Lithuania as the new EU Special Representative for Afghanistan. The former Lithuanian foreign minister succeeds Ettore Francesco Sequi of Italy. Usackas will hold a double-hatted role, as he will also be head of the EU delegation in Kabul. His formal appointment is expected...

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