Brussels, 22/05/2001 (Agence Europe) - The meeting of the EU/Israel Association Committee on 21 May took place with the saddening backdrop of the recent developments in the Middle East, but it was productive, told the press, Mr John Hagard, Deputy Director General in the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, who represented the Presidency of the EU Council. Mr Hagard stated that the works had kept themselves to examining issues of a "technical" nature, but, in a declaration read out on...