In an ideal world, member states would respect the Irish result and get on with making the best of existing EU provisions for cooperation in external policy.
The opportunities for the establishment of new BRs in the region will also be examined, and the main EU funding opportunities for cooperation initiatives will be explored.
Irina Bokova and Andris Piebalgs, European Commissioner for Development, discussed deepening cooperation on primary education and Africa, as the beginning of strengthened cooperation between the EU and UNESCO.
The French version of the module was produced by the Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD) with financial support from the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA), the French Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs and UNESCO.
In terms of its geography, history, culture, mentality, Russia is a European country, of course we are counting on and will seek to expand our cooperation with the EU. This aspiration is fully appreciated and supported by all the leading EU countries and the leadership of the European Commission.
In addition, Kristalina Georgieva, the EU's commissioner for international cooperation and humanitarian assistance, is currently in Bamako to discuss resuming financial assistance to the country.
All this murk is having an effect on the EU's ability to push ahead with closer cooperation in justice and home affairs.
The U.S. and EU created the Transatlantic Economic Council in 2007 to promote increased commercial cooperation.
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Following the talks in Lisbon, Chris Patten. the European Union Commissioner for External Relations, told the BBC that the EU delegation had asked Mr Ivanov to allow the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe to set up an office in the North Caucasus.
An EU diplomat told Reuters the joint declaration would underline the need for close international cooperation, under the aegis of the United Nations, in combating terror groups.
As the ministers gathered in Belgium, a high-level EU delegation led by Belgian Foreign Minister Louis Michel was in Washington to discuss closer cooperation in intelligence and police work with U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell and other top U.S. officials.
Mr Cash wants the public to given a choice between leaving the EU altogether or renegotiating membership to base it upon a free trade area underpinned by political cooperation.
Besides the anti-terror proposals, ministers were to discuss increased cooperation between national anti-terror units and legislation to make acts committed outside the EU punishable inside the bloc.
Russia and the 15-nation EU are expected to issue a joint declaration on terrorism after their summit, at which energy and economic cooperation is also on the agenda.
The head of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said Thursday the Italian election gridlock will not significantly impact the EU debt crisis and efforts to stabilize it.
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