EU says it plans to back talk with action
Thomas Fuller/IHT
IHT Tuesday, June 17, 2003
Union ready to use force to combat weapons threat
PARIS Showing signs of a more muscular approach to their common foreign
policy, European Union governments said Monday they were ready to use
force if necessary to combat the threat of weapons of mass destruction.
Ministers from the 15 EU countries also issued a series of tough joint
statements to governments in the world's hotspots. .
Meeting in Luxembourg, the ministers urged Iran to "urgently"
sign an agreement that would allow for more inspections of its nuclear
facilities, told Cuba to stop repressing its dissidents, and stiffened
sanctions against Burma. .
The more activist approach brings the Union closer into line with the
United States on these issues and reasserts a common voice for Europe
following the bitterly divisive internal disputes over the war in
Iraq.
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