03/08/2000 (Agence Europe) - The EU Council has decided to start talks with Haiti and Fiji, two ACP countries against which the EU reproaches the violation of the core elements of the Cotonou agreement - respect for human rights, democratic principals and the rule of law and the fight against corruption. These talks, proposed under Article 96 of the Cotonou agreement (former Article 366 b of the Lomé Convention) aim at examining, in an in-depth manner, the situation, and, if need be, to...