EU OKAYS MEDITERRANEAN UNION FORMATION

PanARMENIAN.Net
15.03.2008 14:36 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Formation of the Mediterranean Union of the EU and
non-EU states of the Mediterranean basin was approved in Brussels,
thus advancing the EU political and economic goals in the regions
immediately bordering with the EU.

The solemn formation ceremony will take place in Paris on July 13.

The Union will include 27 EU member states and 12 Mediterranean
countries, including Israel and Turkey, NewsRu reports.