EXTERNAL ACTION / (ae) syria

Pierre Vimont says opposition must unite

Brussels, 12/10/2012 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 11 October, the secretary general of the EU's diplomatic corps (European External Action Service, EEAS), Pierre Vimont, said that the Syrian opposition forces had to unite and that little progress would be made unless opposition both inside and outside the country (people prepared to negotiate) is united before the regime falls. He was addressing MEPs on at the European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee. Vimont said that the opposition...