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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10782

9 February 2013
EUROPEAN COUNCIL / (ae) syria
EU highlight February deadline for sanctions on Syria

Brussels, 08/02/2013 (Agence Europe) - Pointing out that, at the December 2012 summit, the Council had been charged with examining all options for backing and aiding the Syrian opposition and giving greater aid to civilians, the European heads of state and government said at the summit in Brussels on 7 and 8 February that the Council would examine and revise the sanctions on Syria if necessary at the upcoming summit, before the arms embargo runs out at midnight on 28 February 2013.

After...