25/09/2000 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has indeed received a letter from North Korea officially requesting the opening of diplomatic relations, said Gunnard Wiegand, spokesman for Chris Patten. Last week, North Korean Foreign Minister, Peak Nam, had asked the Commission and several Member States (Belgium, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, the Netherlands and Spain) to establish diplomatic relations. "We are in favour of developing relations between the EU and...