Word: waldner
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...pushing Belarus on the need to adopt political reforms. E.U. External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner has noted progress, with the release of political prisoners and registering of NGOs and newspapers. But she also said recently that while the E.U. was looking to "reach out" to Belarus, "for that to happen, we want to see more of the political reforms...
...French officials deny such cynicism is involved, and say all anyone wants is freedom for the Bulgarians. Still, some effort was made to ensure European officials were associated with Sarkozy's last diplomatic push: the French delegation that flew to Tripoli Sunday included EU External Relations Minister Benita Ferrero-Waldner - who was also given the task of making most of the press statements...
...demands, the stalemate will continue. Early this morning, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice spoke with other Quartet representatives - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, EU security policy chief Javier Solana, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, and European Commissioner for External Relations Benita Ferrero-Waldner- via secure telephone conference call. In a statement issued later in the day, the group reaffirmed its principles, adopted a wait-and-see stance on the unity government plan and called a Quartet strategy session for Feb. 21 in Berlin...
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