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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8309
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/middle east

Visit by a delegation of the GUE/NGL Group

Brussels, 01/10/2002 (Agence Europe) - A delegation of the United Left/Nordic Green Left of the EP is on a visit to Jerusalem and Ramallah from 1 to 4 October. The delegation, composed of the group's President, Francis Wurtz, the chair of the delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council, Maria Luisa Morgantini and Alina Boumediene-Thiery and Alain Krivin, were to meet Chairman Arafat and the President of the Legislative Council Abu Ala, as well as the Deputy-Speaker of the Knesset, Naomi Chazan and representatives of the European Commission and different Member states. Talks with former Israeli Justice Minister Yossi Beilin were still to be confirmed. Furthermore, the MEPs were to attend, as observers, the trial against the member of the Palestinian Council Barghouti, accused of belonging to a group having organised attacks.

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