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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10446

7 September 2011
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (ae) eu/sudan
EU calls for violence in Blue Nile State to end immediately

Brussels, 06/09/2011 (Agence Europe) - Speaking on behalf of the European Union, Catherine Ashton, High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, has voiced alarm at the escalation of violence in the regions of Sudan bordering on South Sudan, which has been independent since 9 July this year. She calls for an immediate cessation of the fighting that began recently in Blue Nile state and for talks to resume in order to find a political solution to the conflict. She also urges...