Ministers to discuss efforts to restore order in Mali
By Andrew Gardner - 15.11.2012 / 05:58 CET
Northern Mali under control of Islamist groups.
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Defence talks
Defence ministers will also meet on Monday. They will discuss the pooling and sharing of military equipment, as well as missions in the Horn of Africa and the western Balkans. The meeting follows a twice-yearly meeting of the EU's Military Committee on 31 October, when these topics were also discussed. A senior official there said that pooling and sharing was “going in the right direction, but it has to be taken to a completely new level”. Defence issues will be discussed at a summit of EU leaders in late 2013, for the first time since 2008.
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