Brussels, 05/12/2001 (Agence Europe) - In a press release from Moscow, where he is on a visit, the European Commissioner for external relations, Chris Patten, welcomed the breakthrough secured that very morning at the Bonn Conference on the future of Afghanistan. This agreement should "provide the international community with a partner for providing reconstruction assistance", he commented, announcing that the European Commission was mobilising its Rapid Reaction Mechanism to provide...