European Union External Affairs Commissioner Benita Ferrero Waldner (L), Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa (2nd L), Malta's Foreign Minister Tonio Borg (2nd R) and Maltese Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi (R) attend the opening of the European Commission-League of Arab States liaison...

Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa (R) adjusts his tie before being called to the podium to deliver a speech during the opening ceremony of the European Commission-League of Arab States liaison office in Floriana, outside Valletta, October 14, 2009. The office was opened by the Secretary-General,...

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European Commissioner for external relations Benita Ferrero-Waldner (L) welcomes United Nations high commissioner for human rights Navanethem Pillay for a working visit at the EU headquarters in Brussels on October 13, 2009.

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European Commissioner for external relations Benita Ferrero-Waldner (L) welcomes UN Deputy Secretary General Asha-Rose Migiro during a working visit at the EU headquarters in Brussels on October 12, 2009.

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EU External relations and European Neighbourhood Policy Benita Ferrero-Waldner speaks on the outcome of the Ministerial Week at the UN General Assembly and on the Commission Communication on a new Agenda for EU relations with Latin America at the headquarter in Brussels, on September 29,...

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EU external relations commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner (R) and United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNWRA) Commissioner-General Karen Abu-Zayd give a press conference at EU headquarters in Brussels on September 9, 2009.

European Union External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner (R) talks with an unidentified participant of the G8 meeting on Afghanistan in the front of Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt during a family photo session at the G8 foreign ministers meeting in the Italian northern...

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The Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority, Salam Fayyad, left, addresses the media together with Sweden's Foreign Minister Carl Bildt, center, and EU Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighborhood Policy Benita Ferrero-Waldner at the Permanent Representation...

EU External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini (L-R) talk while waiting for a family photo session during a G8 foreign ministers' meeting in the Italian northern Adriatic port of Trieste June...

EU Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner (L) talks with French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner during G8 foreign ministers' meeting in Italian northern Adriatic port of Trieste on June 26, 2009.

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EU external relations commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner gestures during a press conference at the G8 Foreign Ministers' meeting on June 25, 2009, in Trieste.

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European Union Commissioner for External Relations Benita Ferrero-Waldner, left, is seen welcoming Iranian Human Rights Activist Shirin Ebadi, right, prior to their talks at the EU Commission headquarter in Brussels, Tuesday June 23, 2009.

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European Commissioner in charge of External Relations and European Neighbourhood Policy Benita Ferrero-Waldner (L) welcomes Iranian Nobel peace price laureate and Human Rights activist Shirin Ebadi on June 23, 2009 at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels.

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EU external relations commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner (R) shakes hands with Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko (L) in Minsk on June 22, 2009. Ferrero-Waldner is on a working visit to Belarus.

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EU external relations commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner (L) meets with Belarussian Foreign Minister Sergei Martynov in Minsk on June 22, 2009. Ferrero-Waldner is on a working visit to Belarus.

Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko (R) welcomes EU External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner during their meeting in Kiev December 4, 2009. Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko assured the European Union on Friday that Kiev would do its utmost to ensure Russian gas flows...

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Petro Poroshenko (L) and EU External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner walk during EU-Ukraine summit in Kiev November 4, 2009.

Ukraine's President Viktor Yushchenko (L) welcomes EU External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (R) during a EU-Ukraine summit in Kiev November 4, 2009. European Union officials will seek assurances from Ukraine on Friday...

European Commissioner for External Relations Benita Ferrero-Waldner (L) meets Jordan's King Abdullah at the EU Council in Brussels June 17, 2009.

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EU external relations commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner (L) speaks with Pakistani Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi (R) on June 17, 2009 before an EU-Pakistan meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels. Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari said he hoped to secure better access...

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EU external relations commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner (L) and Czech Foreign Minister Jan Kohout (R) welcome Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko on June 16, 2009 before a European Union-Ukraine Council meeting in Luxembourg. The foreign ministers of Germany and Poland will make a...

Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman (L), Czech Republic's Foreign Minister Jan Kohout (C) and EU Commissioner for External Relations Benita Ferrero-Waldner (R) hold a news conference after a meeting of the European Union foreign ministers in Luxembourg June 15, 2009. The European...

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Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman (L) and New Czech Foreign Minister and Chairman of the EU council Jan Kohout (C) and EU External relations and European Neighbourhood Policy Benita Ferrero-Waldner (R) give a joint presser after the EU - ISRAEL Council meeting on June 15, 2009 in...

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New Czech Minister for European Affairs Stefan Fule (C) and New Czech Foreign Minister and Chairman of the EU council Jan Kohout (L) shake hands with EU External relations and European Neighbourhood Policy Benita Ferrero-Waldner (R) at the end of the EU General Affairs Council and Externel...

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EU external relations commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner gestures on June 15, 2009 during an EU General Affairs Council meeting on June 15, 2009 in Luxembourg. EU foreign ministers on June 15 endorsed a deal with the United States outlining conditions for the transfer of ex-Guantanamo inmates...