10th anniversary of Central European Initiative

Описание: (22 May 2003)

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STORYLINE:

Central European leaders gathered in Salzburg on Thursday for the tenth anniversary meeting of Central European Initiative (CEI) presidents.

Seventeen European presidents who gathered for the summit declared relations with Washington to
be of "utmost importance," in what appears to be a further sign that European countries which opposed the war against Iraq are putting that crisis behind them.

"Given today's situation in the world, we agreed that the close cooperation between Europe and the United States is of utmost importance," said Austrian President Thomas Klestil following a closed-door meeting with 16 of his counterparts, including Germany's Johannes Rau.

Germany strongly opposed the Iraq war, a move which angered the US government and marked the lowest point in relations between the allies since the end of World War II.

Most of the other leaders present represent countries which supported the strong US stance on Iraq, including Italy, Romania and Poland.

The presidents, who have a mainly ceremonial function and do not formulate national policy, met Thursday in the historic city of Salzburg for the first day of a two-day summit on the future of European Union enlargement.

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