EU ministers will listen to the presentation of the probe’s conclusion by Mladenov over lunch, and “an animated discussion” is expected to follow, an EU diplomat said.

Website eQuip will provide an online shop window for existing military hardware and in future perhaps for equipment from NATO-led operations in Afghanistan, said an official who briefed journalists on condition of anonymity.

"We expect that there will be some surplus equipment that will be brought back (from Afghanistan) and which might then be made available through eQuip," the official said.

Up to 200,000 vehicles and military equipment containers are being withdrawn over the next few years.

The official said eQuip would be operational within months.

Stratfor est une entreprise de renseignements basée au Texas.

"US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has begun a string of official visits this week. Clinton will visit Finland before moving on to Latvia and then meeting with her Russian counterpart in Moscow. The three-day trip comes a week after Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Barack Obama concluded a tense meeting on the sidelines of a G20 summit. 

La Turquie et la Commission européenne ont paraphé hier (21 juin) un « accord de réadmission », selon lequel la Turquie reprendrait les immigrés clandestins originaires de pays tiers qui seraient entrés sur le territoire de l'UE en traversant ses frontières. Le paraphe est la première étape avant la signature officielle. Pendant des années, la Turquie a résisté aux pressions de l'UE qui souhaitait conclure ce type d'accord.