STRASBOURG -- The European Union said Wednesday it was ready to help rebuild the Ivory Coast's battered economy and institutions amid a bitter conflict between two rival leaders.
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"We are ready to consider a series of measures, to present a financial and institutional package" for the country when the situation stabilises, Hungary's minister of state for foreign affairs Zsolt Nemeth told the European parliament.
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Nemeth, whose country holds the EU's rotating presidency, was speaking on behalf of EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, who was unable to attend the gathering. He did not elaborate on the planned aid package.
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