EU to boost cooperation with Black Sea nations
Thursday, May 17, 2007
The European Union said Monday it would intensify cooperation in energy and other fields with Black Sea nations in a bid to strengthen its position in an energy-rich region that is largely under the sway of Moscow. EU foreign ministers, meeting in Brussels, endorsed plans for closer ties with 13 Black Sea nations that straddle a strategically important region that includes major oil and gas supply routes to Western Europe. They instructed the European Commission, the EU's executive office, ...