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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7780

18 August 2000
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) acp/eu
Sending of letters to Haiti and Fiji over opening of consultations under Article 96 of the Cotonou Agreement - consultations scheduled for September

Brussels, 17/08/2000 (Agence Europe) - Early-August, the presidencies of the EU Council and the European Commission sent government officials of Haiti and Fiji, two ACP countries that the European accuse of violating essential elements of the Cotonou Agreement, letters inviting them to hold consultations with Community bodies as provided for under Article 9, para 2 of the same agreement in case of violation of democratic principles and the rule of law. You may recall that, according to...