- Title: UK: EU FOREIGN MINISTERS END INFORMAL TALKS.
- Date: 14th March 1998
- Summary: EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (MARCH 14, 1998)(RTV/POOL-ACCESS ALL) 1. GV: EU FORIGN MINISTERS ARRIVING FOR TALKS (2 SHOTS) 0.10 2. CU: GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER KLAUS KINKEL WALKING 0.16 3. GREEK FOREIGN MINISTER THEODOROS PANGALOS SAYING: WE AGREE, PROVIDED THE FRENCH AFTER THEIR CONSULTATIONS WITH PARIS WILL NOT COME BACK ON WHAT WE HAVE AGREED (ENGLISH) 0.26 4. CU: BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY ROBIN COOK SAYING WE WERE GOING TO DESIGNATE A SPECIAL REPRESENTAIVE OF THE EU TO MEDIATE IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA OVER THE ISSUE OF KOSOVO, WE WANT TO TAKE THAT STEP BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PERSON MEDIATING HAD THE FULL BACKING AND AUTHORITY OF THE EU (ENGLISH) 1.05 5. MV/ZOOM/CU: EU PRESIDENT JACQUES SANTER 1.15 5. CU: COOK SAYING I AM DELIGHTED TO SAY THAT WE NOW HAVE AGREEMENT ON HOW WE WISH TO PROCEED WITH CYPRUS AT THE MEETING ON THE 31ST OF MARCH WHEN THE ENLARGEMNET PROCESS WILL COMMENCE, ALL MEMBERS OF THE EU HAVE NOW AGREED THAT OUR TEXT FOR THAT MEETING WILL BE BASED ON THE PRESDIENCY TEXT. (ENGLISH) 1.40 6. CU: SANTER SAYING, IN KOSOVO I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERLINE THAT THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY HAS A STRONG AND COHERANT MESSAGE. THE CRISIS HAS TO BE SOLVED THROUGH POLITICAL MEANS AND DIALOGUE. OUR DISCUSSIONS SHOW THAT WE ARE UNITED ON THIS SUBJECT AND THAT WE FULLY SUPPORT THE CONCLUSIONS OF THE CONTACT GROUP. (ENGLISH) 2.06 7. CU: COOK SAYING ALL OF THOSE WHO TOOK PART EXPRESSED THEIR DEEP CONCERN AT THE STALEMATE IN THE PEACE PROCESS. WE ARE DETERMINED TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN AND USE ALL THE INFLUENENCE AVAILABLE TO THE EU TO TRY AND UNBLOCK THE DEADLOCK IN THE PEACE PROCESS (ENGLISH) 2.44 8. GV/MV/PAN: PHOTO OPPORTUNITY OF FOREIGN MINISTERS (2 SHOTS) 3.00 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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