SOPOT, Poland, Shawwal 5, 1432, Sep 3, 2011, SPA - The European Union foreign ministers were discussing ties with association-seeking Ukraine and with Belarus on the second day of their informal meeting in northern Poland. The 27 ministers led by EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton were joined Saturday in the Baltic Sea resort of Sopot by counterparts from Iceland, Turkey, Croatia, Montenegro and Macedonia, nations aspiring to join the elite bloc. A news conference was planned later Saturday, according to a report of the Associated Press. --SPA 13:45 LOCAL TIME 10:45 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/922080