French FM Tight-lipped About Plans for Mediterranean Union

Portorož, 5 July - French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner did not wish to go into the details of a French plan to establish a Mediterranean Union as he arrived to a dinner of foreign ministers from the Mediterranean members of the EU in Portoroz on Thursday.

Piran From left to right: Portuguese Foreign Minister Luis Amado (left) and France's Bernard Kouchner ahead of the two-day informal meeting of foreign ministers from EU's Mediterranean countries. Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

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From left to right: Portuguese Foreign Minister Luis Amado (left) and France's Bernard Kouchner ahead of the two-day informal meeting of foreign ministers from EU's Mediterranean countries.
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Piran Maltese Ambassador to Italy Walter Balzan ahead of the two-day informal meeting of foreign ministers from EU's Mediterranean countries. Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

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Maltese Ambassador to Italy Walter Balzan ahead of the two-day informal meeting of foreign ministers from EU's Mediterranean countries.
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Piran Portuguese Foreign Minister Luis Amado ahead of the two-day informal meeting of foreign ministers from EU's Mediterranean countries. Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

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Portuguese Foreign Minister Luis Amado ahead of the two-day informal meeting of foreign ministers from EU's Mediterranean countries.
Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

Piran Romanian Foreign Minister Adrian Cioroianu ahead of the two-day informal meeting of foreign ministers from EU's Mediterranean countries. Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

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Romanian Foreign Minister Adrian Cioroianu ahead of the two-day informal meeting of foreign ministers from EU's Mediterranean countries.
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Piran Famiano Crucianelli, undersecretary at the Italian Foreign Ministry, ahead of the two-day informal meeting of foreign ministers from EU's Mediterranean countries. Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

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Famiano Crucianelli, undersecretary at the Italian Foreign Ministry, ahead of the two-day informal meeting of foreign ministers from EU's Mediterranean countries.
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Piran Bulgarian Foreign Minister ahead of the two-day informal meeting of foreign ministers from EU's Mediterranean countries. Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

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Bulgarian Foreign Minister ahead of the two-day informal meeting of foreign ministers from EU's Mediterranean countries.
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Piran Cyprus' Foreign Minister Yiorgos Lillikas ahead of the two-day informal meeting of foreign ministers from EU's Mediterranean countries. Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

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Cyprus' Foreign Minister Yiorgos Lillikas ahead of the two-day informal meeting of foreign ministers from EU's Mediterranean countries.
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Piran Ioannis Valinakis, deputy Greek foreign minister, ahead of the two-day informal meeting of foreign ministers from EU's Mediterranean countries. Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

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Ioannis Valinakis, deputy Greek foreign minister, ahead of the two-day informal meeting of foreign ministers from EU's Mediterranean countries.
Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

Piran Marko Pavliha, the head of the Slovenian delegation at the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly, at the two-day informal meeting of foreign ministers from EU's Mediterranean countries. Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

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Marko Pavliha, the head of the Slovenian delegation at the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly, at the two-day informal meeting of foreign ministers from EU's Mediterranean countries.
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Piran French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner at the launch of the two-day informal meeting of foreign ministers from EU's Mediterranean countries. Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

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French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner at the launch of the two-day informal meeting of foreign ministers from EU's Mediterranean countries.
Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

Piran Piran Mayor Tomaz Gantar (left) greeting Portuguese Foreign Minister Luis Amado ahead of the two day informal meeting of foreign ministers from EU's Mediterranean states. Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

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Piran Mayor Tomaz Gantar (left) greeting Portuguese Foreign Minister Luis Amado ahead of the two day informal meeting of foreign ministers from EU's Mediterranean states.
Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

Piran Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupal speaking to the press after the working dinner with his counterparts from the EU's Mediterranean states. Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

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Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupal speaking to the press after the working dinner with his counterparts from the EU's Mediterranean states.
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Piran Foreign ministers from EU's Mediterranean countries ahead of their two-day informal meeting. Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

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Foreign ministers from EU's Mediterranean countries ahead of their two-day informal meeting.
Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

Piran Foreign ministers from EU's Mediterranean countries ahead of their two-day informal meeting. Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

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Foreign ministers from EU's Mediterranean countries ahead of their two-day informal meeting.
Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

Piran Foreign ministers from EU's Mediterranean states were received by Piran Mayor ahead of their two-day informal meeting. Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

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Foreign ministers from EU's Mediterranean states were received by Piran Mayor ahead of their two-day informal meeting.
Photo: Domen Groegl/STA

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