Brussels, 29/07/2002 (Agence Europe) - Officials from the Directorate General on Fisheries at the European Commission and their Russian counterparts met last Wednesday and Thursday in Brussels for their first formal negotiations with a view to concluding a cooperation agreement on fishing, as agreed at the seventh "Conference of North Atlantic Fisheries Ministers" held in Saint-Petersburg early June (see EUROPE of 3 June). The next formal meeting, to be preceded by technical discussions,...