Brussels, 22/11/2004 (Agence Europe) - Just before the opening of the conference on Iraq in Charm el-Cheik in Egypt on 23 November, Heads of diplomacy from the 25 met in Brussels to reaffirm their commitment to the USA and to a certain extent to Russia on the issue of Yasser Arafat's successor. The president of the Council of Ministers Bernard Bot highlighted the need for a credible Palestinian partner to emerge in view of the Palestinian presidential elections on 9 January (p 7). Bot...