Brussels, 16/02/2001 (Agence Europe) - The EU ministerial Troika (composed of Anna Lindh, Javier Solana, Chris Patten and Louis Michel), which made a series of visits this week to Ukraine, Russia (including Kaliningrad) and Moldova (see EUROPE of 10 February), restated the EU's determination to strengthen its partnerships with these countries so that its future enlargement eastward brings political and economic benefits to the whole of the European continent. "A strong partnership between...