01/08/2001 (Agence Europe) - On 31 July, President Prodi sent a message to Dragisa Pesic congratulating him on his appointment as Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. "I wish you and your government every success in the implementation of the political and economic reform priorities to which the FRY has committed itself. I hope that the new close relationship between the EU and the FRY, symbolised by the holding this week of the inaugural meeting of the EU-FRY Consultative Task Force, will continue to grow", said Romano Prodi (regarding this meeting, see EUROPE of 26 July, p.16).