Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis (top left) stands next to EU and NATO heads of state and government, including US President George Bush (bottom right), during yesterday’s summit in Brussels. ‘Today... a significant step has been taken toward restoring the climate of mutual understanding between Europe and America,’ Karamanlis told a press conference. Rebuilding Afghanistan, postwar Iraq and security in the Middle East topped the agenda of yesterday’s talks, he said.