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CIAO DATE: 05/04
Partners and neighbours: a CFSP for a wider Europe
Judy Batt, Dov Lynch, Antonio Missiroli, Martin Ortega and Dimitrios Triantaphyllou
September 2003
'Extending the zone of security around Europe' is now one of the Union's strategic objectives - together with strengthening the international order and countering the new threats - listed in the security concept presented by Javier Solana to the European Council at Thessaloniki in June 2003: 'Our task is to promote a ring of well governed countries to the East of the European Union and on the borders of the Mediterranean with whom we can enjoy close and cooperative relations.'