Rudd In EU: The Economy; Security Talks; The Asia-Pacific; Remembering World War I …
- January 20th, 2012
- Posted by EUEditor
The Australian Foreign Minister, Kevin Rudd, has begun a one-week tour in Europe taking in consultations in Brussels on the economic situation, security talks in London and a new bilateral agreement in France, signed on Friday (20.1.12).
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