Brussels, 21/03/2003 (Agence Europe) - The first working meeting of the European Council on Thursday evening in Brussels was brief, simply allowing enough time to "note our differences" and "look to the future", explained the President of the Council, Greek prime minister Costas Simitis, who read out the statement on Iraq adopted by the EU before 22: 00 hrs.
"Our hope is that the conflict will end with the minimum loss of human life and suffering…The EU is committed to the territorial...