EU to take part in Middle East peace conference

Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia: The European Union said on Friday it plans to take part in a conference in Moscow on the Middle East peace process.

"We have talked about the Middle East, an important issue... After the General Assembly, we are going to have a meeting to push the process forward in the Middle East," EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana told a news conference after a Russia-EU summit.