Luxembourg, 23/10/2002 (Agence Europe) - The 18th meeting of the European Economic Area Council was held in Luxembourg on Tuesday chaired by Iceland's Permanent Secretary of State, Sverrir Haukur Gunnlaugsson. The two parties adopted conclusions welcoming progress in enlargement negotiations, stressing the "common objective of simultaneous accession of new members in the EU and to the EEA, in order to secure the homogeneity and the good functioning of the European Economic Area". The EEA...