EU defence ministers meeting in Brussels on Monday have agreed to the setting up of a European defence agency.
Ministers from the 25 current and future member states agreed that an ‘establishment team’ should be set up in January 2004 with the aim of getting the agency up and running before summer 2004.
Addressing the meeting of EU defence ministers, EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said, "I will do my best to give the agency a strong profile in terms of efficiency, competenc...
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