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First EDA steering committee meeting for setting up “research and technology” on 22 April to be chaired by Dirk Ellinger

Brussels, 18/04/2005 (Agence Europe) -On Friday, EU High Representative for CFSP Javier Solana appointed Dirk Ellinger of Germany as chairman of the steering committee for the European Defence Agency (EDA), meeting at the level of research and technology (R&T) directors. Ellinger, who is director of the research and technology department of the German Ministry of Defence, will take up his post until mid-2006. The first meeting of the EDA steering committee at the level of research and...