Washington believes summer 2004 is too early for EU troops to take over peacekeeping operations in Bosnia-Herzegovina and is blocking NATO moves in that direction, it emerged on Tuesday.
At a meeting of NATO and EU foreign ministers in Madrid, US officials effectively scuppered this plan saying it was "premature" to talk about an EU takeover, citing security reasons and problems with war criminals.
The EU had hoped to take over the NATO-led stabilisation force 'SFOR' in Bosnia-...
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