EU's Diplomatic Strategy and Its Foreign Relations

The EU has established relations with most countries and regions in the world and concluded trade, economic and trade cooperation or associated country agreements. At present, 165 countries have sent diplomatic missions to the eu, and the European commission has also sent delegations to 126 countries and international organizations. In recent years, the EU has actively carried out all-round diplomacy, adjusted its relations with the United States and Japan, and strengthened its cooperation with Russia. Actively prepare to accept Central and Eastern European countries to join the EU and strengthen relations with CIS countries. To promote cooperation between Europe and the region, it is planned to establish a Euro-Mediterranean Free Trade Area with two countries along the Mediterranean coast10 in 20 10. The EU attaches importance to developing relations with Asian and Latin American countries. The new Asian strategy was formulated in 1994. The first and second ASEM summits were held in Bangkok and London in 1996 and 1998 respectively, and the third ASEM summit will be held in Seoul in June 2000. From June 65438 to June 0999, the EU and Latin American countries held the first Euler Summit in Rio de Janeiro, and planned to hold the second Euler Summit in Spain in 2002.