EU Discusses Syria Contacts, Measures to Propel Peace Process

Brdo pri Kranju, 28 March - EU foreign ministers discussed the bloc's relations with Syria and measures to help boost the ailing Middle East peace process at Brdo pri Kranju on Friday. Slovenian FM Dimitrij Rupel said the ministers agreed on the need to better coordinate relations with Syria, including visits paid to the country by EU officials.

Brdo pri Kranju
The EU's foreign policy chief Javier Solana, Slovenian FM Dimitrij Rupel and European External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner (left to right) speaking to the press after an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
The EU's foreign policy chief Javier Solana (left) and Slovenian FM Dimitrij Rupel speaking to the press after an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
The EU's foreign policy chief Javier Solana (left) and Slovenian FM Dimitrij Rupel speaking to the press after an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Slovenian FM Dimitrij Rupel speaking to the press after an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Slovenian FM Dimitrij Rupel speaking to the press after an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Slovenian FM Dimitrij Rupel speaking to the press after an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Slovenian FM Dimitrij Rupel speaking to the press after an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Slovenian FM Dimitrij Rupel speaking to the press after an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Slovenian FM Dimitrij Rupel speaking to the press after an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
The EU's foreign policy chief Javier Solana speaking to the press after an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
The EU's foreign policy chief Javier Solana speaking to the press after an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
The EU's foreign policy chief Javier Solana speaking to the press after an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
The EU's foreign policy chief Javier Solana speaking to the press after an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
The EU's foreign policy chief Javier Solana speaking to the press after an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
The EU's foreign policy chief Javier Solana speaking to the press after an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner speaking to the press after an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner speaking to the press after an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner speaking to the press after an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner speaking to the press after an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner speaking to the press after an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner speaking to the press after an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
The EU's foreign policy chief Javier Solana, Slovenian FM Dimitrij Rupel and European External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner (left to right) speaking to the press after an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
The EU's foreign policy chief Javier Solana, Slovenian FM Dimitrij Rupel and European External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner (left to right) speaking to the press after an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
The EU's foreign policy chief Javier Solana (right) and Slovenian FM Dimitrij Rupel (left) speaking to the press after an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
The EU's foreign policy chief Javier Solana (right) and Slovenian FM Dimitrij Rupel (left) speaking to the press after an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
The EU's foreign policy chief Javier Solana (right) and Slovenian FM Dimitrij Rupel (left) speaking to the press after an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
The EU's foreign policy chief Javier Solana (left) and Slovenian FM Dimitrij Rupel (right) speaking to the press after an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
The EU's foreign policy chief Javier Solana (left) and Slovenian FM Dimitrij Rupel (right) speaking to the press after an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
The EU's foreign policy chief Javier Solana (left) and Slovenian FM Dimitrij Rupel (right) speaking to the press after an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
The EU's foreign policy chief Javier Solana (left) and Slovenian FM Dimitrij Rupel (right) speaking to the press after an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
The EU's foreign policy chief Javier Solana (left) and Slovenian FM Dimitrij Rupel (right) speaking to the press after an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner speaking to the press after an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner speaking to the press after an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner speaking to the press after an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner speaking to the press after an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner speaking to the press after an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner speaking to the press after an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju, kongresni center Brdo.
Neformalno zasedanje zunanjih ministrov EU.
Komisarka za zunanje odnose Benita Ferrero-Waldner na brifingu.
Foto: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner speaking to the press after an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner speaking to the press after an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner speaking to the press after an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner speaking to the press after an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner speaking to the press after an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner speaking to the press after an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner speaking to the press after an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel and his Luxembourg counterpart Jean Asselborn (right) at an informal meeting of EU Foreign Ministers.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik, Romanian Foreign Minister Adrian Cioroiano and British Foreign Secretary David Miliband (left to right) at an informal meeting of EU Foreign Ministers.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner at an informal meeting of EU Foreign Ministers.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
An informal meeting of EU Foreign Ministers at Brdo pri Kranju.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel and his Luxembourg counterpart Jean Asselborn (right) at an informal meeting of EU Foreign Ministers.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel at an informal meeting of EU Foreign Ministers.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
An informal meeting of EU Foreign Ministers at Brdo pri Kranju.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
An informal meeting of EU Foreign Ministers at Brdo pri Kranju.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel at an informal meeting of EU Foreign Ministers.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel at an informal meeting of EU Foreign Ministers.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Finish Foreign Minister Ilkka Kanerva and his Austrian counterpart Ursula Plassnik at an informal meeting of EU Foreign Ministers.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
An informal meeting of EU Foreign Ministers at Brdo pri Kranju.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
An informal meeting of EU Foreign Ministers at Brdo pri Kranju.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
An informal meeting of EU Foreign Ministers at Brdo pri Kranju.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
An informal meeting of EU Foreign Ministers at Brdo pri Kranju.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
European External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner at an informal meeting of EU Foreign Ministers.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
German Foreign Minister Frank Walter Steinmeier, European External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner and Dutch Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen (left to right) at an informal meeting of EU Foreign Ministers.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
German Foreign Minister Frank Walter Steinmeier and his Slovenian counterpart Dimitrij Rupel (right) at an informal meeting of EU Foreign Ministers.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Group photo of the participants of an informal meeting of EU Foreign Ministers at Brdo pri Kranju.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Group photo of the participants of an informal meeting of EU Foreign Ministers at Brdo pri Kranju.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Group photo of the participants of an informal meeting of EU Foreign Ministers at Brdo pri Kranju.
Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner and Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis (first row, left to right).
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Group photo of the participants of an informal meeting of EU Foreign Ministers at Brdo pri Kranju.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Group photo of the participants of an informal meeting of EU Foreign Ministers at Brdo pri Kranju.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Group photo of the participants of an informal meeting of EU Foreign Ministers at Brdo pri Kranju.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Group photo of the participants of an informal meeting of EU Foreign Ministers at Brdo pri Kranju.
Photo: Stanko Gruden/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
EU's foreign policy chief Javier Solana and Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel (right) at an informal meeting of EU Foreign Ministers.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt and EU's foreign policy chief Javier Solana (right) at an informal meeting of EU Foreign Ministers.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
EU's foreign policy chief Javier Solana and Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel (right) at an informal meeting of EU Foreign Ministers.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis and her Danish counterpart Per Stig Moller (both pictured left) at an informal meeting of EU Foreign Ministers.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Latvian Foreign Minister Maris Riekstins and his Austrian counterpart Ursula Plassnik (right) at an informal meeting of EU Foreign Ministers.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Swedish Foreign Minister Carl BIldt and EU's foreign policy chief Javier Solana at an informal meeting of EU Foreign Ministers.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Romanian Foreign Minister Adrian Cioroianu (left) and his Irish opposite number Dermot Ahern at an informal meeting of EU Foreign Ministers.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

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