Nato and the European Union have formally adopted an agreement which will give the EU access to Nato military resources and will allow the EU to conduct military operations abroad. Under the deal, the EU will have access to Nato planning and resources for its emerging Rapid Reaction Force. The force is planned to have up to 60,000 soldiers, who will be deployable at short notice for peacekeeping operations. The move will allow the EU to take over the current Nato-led operations in the Balkans - first in Macedonia, then in Bosnia-Hercegovina - as the United States seeks to disengage its troops from the region. The agreement, which had long been sought, was finalised after a long dispute between Turkey and Greece about links between the two organisations was resolved at last week's EU summit in Copenhagen.

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