(a) The High Contracting Parties consider that closer cooperation on questions of European security would contribute in an essential way to the development of a European identity in external policy matters.
6. a) Measann na hArdpháirtithe Conarthacha go gcuideodh comhar níos dlúithe ar cheisteanna slándála Eorpaí ar dhóigh rí-thábhachtach le féiniúlacht Eorpach a chruthú i réimse an pholasaí eachtraigh.