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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10740

29 November 2012
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EXTERNAL ACTION / (ae) syria
London and Paris want only three-month arms embargo extension

Brussels, 28/11/2012 (Agence Europe) - The United Kingdom, supported by France, has proposed frequent review of the EU embargo on arms to Syria, with re-assessment every three months, rather than once a year, diplomats revealed on Wednesday 28 November. A quarterly review would make it easier to arm the Syrian opposition and would ratchet up the pressure on the Bashar al-Assad regime.

The British proposal, which apparently came from Prime Minister David Cameron, was debated in the Coreper...

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