Brussels, 21/03/2003 (Agence Europe) - "The European Council condemned in the strongest terms the assassination of the Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic. It welcomed the appointment of new governments in Serbia and Montenegro. It strongly supported the determination of the new Prime Minister of Serbia, Zoran Zivkovic, to vigorously pursue the policies promoted by Zoran Djindjic, in particular the relentless fight against organised crime and corruption, the comprehensive democratisation of state structures and the full cooperation with ICTY. To this end, the Council offered the new leadership the full support of the EU". In its conclusions, the European Council "invited the High Representative" Javier Solana "to propose by the time of the next GAERC" (14/15 April) "concrete proposals to that end." "The takeover by the EU of the police operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the military operation in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia provides further tangible proof of our full commitment to the region. In particular, the Council welcomed the launch of the EU military operation in the FYROM to follow the NATO operation "Allied Harmony" on 31 March 2003." "The European Council invites the Council and the Commission to examine ways and means, based also on the experience from the enlargement process, to further strengthen the Union's stabilisation and association policy towards the region" with a view to the Thessalonika Summit of 21 June.