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"EU neighbours drifting into war, Brussels warns
29.08.2006 - 17:31 CET | By Andrew Rettman
EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - Brussels has voiced alarm at the mounting risk of open warfare in the EU's southeast neighbours - Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan - amid European plans to sign new cooperation pacts and build new pipelines in the region.
'Negative trends are coming together, the combination of which is, frankly, alarming,' external relations commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner said at an experts' forum in Slovenia on Monday (28 August), citing a recent upswing in aggressive rhetoric and arms spending.
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