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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8211
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/defence

Candidate countries for accession, Iceland and Norway want to take part in EU defence missions

Brussels, 14/05/2002 (Agence Europe) - The ministers of defence of the EU, candidate countries for accession, Norway and Iceland met in Brussels on Tuesday to discuss the conclusions of the General Affairs Council, in which, for the first time, EU defence ministers took part. Frederico Trillo, Spanish Defence Minister, stressed "the intense participation of these countries", most of which expressed the will to participate in EU missions, notably in Bosnia and Macedonia.

The meeting was held...

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