EU Approves Congo Peacekeeping Mission
From Times Wire Reports
The European Union decided to send its new peacekeeping force to Congo, where it will lead a U.N. effort to stop rebel fighting that has killed more than 500 people. EU ambassadors in Brussels approved the plan.
Javier Solana, the EU’s foreign policy representative, said he began organizing the force after U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan asked the EU for assistance in Congo.
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