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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8316

11 October 2002
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/iran
Teheran assures Europeans Iran is not harbouring Al-Qaida elements

Brussels, 10/10/2002 (Agence Europe) - "Iran has strongly assured me that it will not allow any Al-Qaida elements, if it knows they are inside its borders, to remain", EU Special Envoy to Afghanistan Francesc Vendrell told the press on Tuesday after a meeting with Iranian officials. He added that the Iranian authorities had, however, stressed that "given the length of the border between Iran and Afghanistan, it is absolutely impossible to ensure no unsavoury elements cross the borders into...

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