European Union Security Chief Javier Solana announced on 11 March that the EU would take over NATO’s peacekeeping mission in Macedonia by the end of March, and NATO Secretary-General George Robertson confirmed that the two international powers were close to finalizing the agreement to hand over the mandate.

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