On 8 May 1998, Felipe Gonzalez, EU Special Representative for the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, visited the European Commission. He met Jacques Santer, President of the EC, and Hans van den Broek, Member of the EC in charge of External Relations with the Countries of Central and Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, Mongolia, Turkey, Cyprus, Malta and other European Countries, Common Foreign and Security Policy and Human Rights (in agreement with the President) and External Missions. Their talks focused on the difficult dialogue with the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to improve the situation in the Balkans.