RIGA (BNS) - The European Union's external relations commissioner, Hans van den Broek, assured Latvia the EU will base its forthcoming progress report, due this fall, on objective criteria in the candidate countries.Meeting with Latvian Foreign Minister Indulis Berzins in Brussels, van den Broek said Latvia has a decent chance to get invited to EU membership talks by year's end but refused to give any guarantees.He said he hopes the report and the Helsinki conference this December bring good news for Latvia.The commissioner pointed at the sensitive issues that should be devoted special atte...
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