(Updated 18.07.2006 - 15.34 CET) The wording of a new policy paper by EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana and enlargement commissioner Olli Rehn reveals that Brussels is ready to treat Kosovo as an independent state.
EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels on Monday (17 July) were presented with the Solana-Rehn paper on the "future EU Role and Contribution in Kosovo" after the resolution of the future status of the territory - expected at the end of this year or early 2007.
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