Luxembourg, 17/06/2002 (Agence Europe) - On Monday, the President of the Council, Josep Piqué, Commissioner Chris Patten and the Lebanese foreign minister Mahmoud Hammoud signed the Euro-Mediterranean EU-Lebanon Association Agreement, negotiations for which were launched in 1995. They also signed an interim trade agreement to allow early implementation of its trade aspects. Another agreement, in the form of an exchange of letters, covers co-operation in the war on terror.
Pique said that...