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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8421

15 March 2003
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/informal defence meeting
Greece hopes to be able to declare EU Rapid Reaction Force operational in June 2003 - Agreement is signed on security of information between EU and NATO

Athens, 14/03/2003 (Agence Europe) - The EU Defence Ministers, except for British Secretary of State Geoffrey Hoon began, on Friday in Athens, their informal meeting on defence that will end on Saturday. At the meeting, they are to discuss, among other things, the EU's military capabilities, its future mission in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and the situation in Iraq.

Greek Defence Minister Yannos Papantoniou told the press that he expected the Member States governments to make...

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