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EU's Ashton says Bosnia lacks progress on reform

Agence France-PresseApril 18, 2013 15:31

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said Thursday that Bosnia has done little, if anything, recently to carry out reforms needed for it to eventually join the European Union. During a visit to Sarajevo, Ashton urged Bosnia's leaders in particular to end political discrimination against minorities, such as Jews and Roma. "I'm really disappointed that no real progress has been made since I last came here" in October 2012, Ashton told reporters after meeting members of Bosnia's tripartite presidency.

EU's Ashton says Bosnia lacks progress on reform

Agence France-PresseApril 18, 2013 09:51

EU's Ashton says Bosnia lacks progress on reform

Agence France-PresseApril 18, 2013 08:35

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said Thursday that Bosnia has done little, if anything recently to carry out reforms needed for it to eventually join the European Union. During a visit to Sarajevo, Ashton urged Bosnia's leaders in particular to end political discrimination against minorities, such as Jews and Roma. "I'm really disappointed that no real progress has been made since I last came here" in October 2012, Ashton told reporters after meeting members of Bosnia's tripartite presidency.

EU's Ashton to visit western Balkans

Agence France-PresseApril 14, 2013 17:45

EU foreign affairs head Catherine Ashton will visit Montenegro, Albania and Macedonia this week, with other stops possible in a region where the EU is trying to mediate between Serbia and Kosovo, a statement said Sunday. The statement did not mention Serbia and Kosovo, the breakaway province whose 2008 declaration of independence is rejected in Belgrade, but said "further stops will announced at a later stage."

EU's Ashton urges caution on lifting arms ban for Syria rebels

Thomson ReutersMarch 16, 2013 09:00

By Adrian Croft BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's foreign policy chief urged caution on Saturday about a Franco-British drive to lift an EU arms embargo to help rebels in Syria, questioning the impact such a step might have on attempts to reach a political settlement there. Other EU governments rebuffed efforts by Paris and London at an EU summit on Friday to lift the Syrian arms embargo to help opponents of President Bashar al-Assad, although they asked foreign ministers to discuss it again next week.

EU's Ashton hopes Iran will be positive about nuclear proposal

Thomson ReutersFebruary 27, 2013 05:45

BRUSSELS, Feb 27 (Reuters) - World powers hope Iran will react positively to their nuclear proposal presented at talks in the Kazakh city of Almaty when they meet Tehran's negotiators in the next two months, EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said. "I hope the Iranian side is looking positively on the proposal we put forward," Ashton said after the two-day talks concluded. "We have to see what happens next," she said. (Reporting by Justyna Pawlak; Editing by Alison Williams)

EU's Ashton concerned at Iranian plans for advanced atom work

Thomson ReutersFebruary 1, 2013 08:46

BRUSSELS, Feb 1 (Reuters) - The European Union's foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton urged Iran on Friday to abandon its expressed intention to speed up nuclear work, saying that would violate the Islamic republic's international obligations. Iran has announced plans to install and operate advanced uranium enrichment machines, in what would be a technological leap allowing it to significantly speed up activity the West fears could be put to developing a nuclear weapon.