Brussels, 20/05/2003 (Agence Europe) - During Monday's General Affairs and External Relations Council, the first to be held with observers from the ten future EU Member States, Council took stock of relations between the EU and Russia, with an eye to the Summit to take place in St Petersburg on 31 May. Javier Solana, EU High Representative for CFSP, also talked of a possible EU mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
During the lunch, the Foreign Affairs Ministers discussed Iraq,...