Following an exchange of letters between Mr Willy De Clercq, Member of the Commission with special responsibility for external relations and trade policy, and Mr Eduard Shevardnadze, the Soviet Union's Minister of Foreign Affairs, a first ever meeting between Soviet and Commission experts took place in Brussels on 15 and 16 January.
Suite a un echange de lettres entre M. Willy De Clercq, Membre de la Commission des Communautes europeennes, responsable des relations exterieures et de la politique commerciale et M. Edouard Chevardnadze, Ministre des Affaires etrangeres de l'URSS, une premiere rencontre entre des experts de la Commission des CE et de l'URSS a eu lieu a Bruxelles les 15 et 16 janvier 1987.