EU commissioner calls negotiations with Mercosur a priority

28/02/2002 - 15h39

Brasília, 28 (Agência Brasil - ABr) - The European Union (EU) Foreign Trade commissioner, Pascal Lamy, speaking at a press conference today in Brasilia, declared that Mercosur-EU negotiations have maximum priority for EU member countries. Lamy underscored the importance of having Mercosur as a trading partner and said it was necessary to intensify talks between the two economic blocks. (AB)