EU commissioner to propose partnership with China over Africa
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The European Commission will unveil plans in the coming months for a partnership between the European Union and China over Africa, EU Development Commissioner Louis Michel said Wednesday.
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THE European Union yesterday told China that it will work towards lifting its 15-year embargo on arms exports, even though agreement is being held up by a dispute
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President Hu Jintao pledged a new level of cooperation between Beijing and its third-largest African trading partner at the start of the Chinese leader's first visit to Sudan on Friday.
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BRUSSELS, Jun 4 (IPS) - Central Africa seems an unlikely candidate for a  free trade deal with the European Union.
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THE HAGUE -- The European Union and China agreed to boost relations yesterday, but the EU made clear there can be no early lifting of its 15-year-old arms embargo until Beijing improves its human rights record.
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Officials at the upcoming Seventh China-EU Leaders&#39; Meeting in the Hague will sign some important cooperative agreements, including those on China-EU science and technology cooperation
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BRUSSELS Moving to resolve a weeklong crisis, the incoming president of the European Commission, JosÃ© Manuel Barroso, on Thursday put forward a new commission team, proposing Foreign Minister Franco Frattini of Italy as justice commissioner.
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An EU commissioner said that EU leaders intend to keep their word over Turkey's entry into the European Union.
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THE HAGUE - The European Union and China on Wednesday pledged to boost bilateral ties at their annual summit here, with the European Union saying it would consider lifting its 15-year-old embargo on arms sales to China.
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Trade talks between China and the European Union in Brussels later on Tuesday are likely to focus on piracy.
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The EU is preparing to send a &quot;positive signal&quot; to China at a summit with Prime Minister Wen Jiabao Wednesday over his call to lift a 15-year-old EU arms embargo, but no immediate decision is expected.
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On the face it, relations between the European Union and China could not be rosier as the leaders of the two powers prepare to meet in The Hague Wednesday.
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The European Union is likely to  announce a contribution of more than 100 million euros to an  African Union force in Darfur, amid calls for extra AU soldiers  to be deployed in Sudan's troubled region.
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Prime Minister Wen Jiabao will urge the European Union to lift a 15-year-old arms embargo and call on the continent to view China as a full market economy during an EU-China summit beginning Wednesday in the Hague.
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Chinese President Hu Jintao has vowed to forge a partnership of equals with South Africa as he held talks with his counterpart Thabo Mbeki on the latest leg of an eight-nation swing through Africa.
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BRUSSELS, Sep 15 (IPS) - Belgian foreign minister Louis Michel says his  country's commitment to international cooperation and a wide  network of contacts would ensure success in his new job as the EU  commissioner for development and humanitarian aid.
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President Hu Jintao pledged a new  level of cooperation between Beijing and its third-largest  African trading partner at the start of the Chinese leader's  first visit to Sudan on Friday.