Marseilles, 15/11/2000 (Agence Europe) - A certain confusion reigned in Marseilles a few hours before the opening of the works of the 4th Euro-Mediterranean conference on organisational conditions for the opening session, due to the absence, confirmed Wednesday afternoon by Damascus, of the Syrian Minister. However Syria is the spokesperson for the Arab group and normally should have spoken immediately after the EU Council President Mr Hubert Védrine. The atmosphere was also of surprise as...