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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9963

27 August 2009
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/nato
NATO secretary general tackles obstacles to cooperation with EU

Brussels, 26/08/2009 (Agence Europe) - The newly appointed NATO secretary general, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, hopes to overcome one of the main obstacles to cooperation with the EU, namely Turkish opposition to military cooperation between the Alliance and the Union. Mr Rasmussen, who has held the post since early August, was in Athens on 26 August and will be in Ankara on 27 August for discussion with the heads of state of both countries.

“It is my intention to raise the question of better...