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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8573

28 October 2003
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/china
Very unlikely that embargo on arms sales will be lifted, three days ahead of EU/China SUmmit

Brussels, 27/10/2003 (Agence Europe) - According to the EU's representative to Beijing, Klaus Ebermann, as quoted by Agence France Presse, it remains unlikely that the embargo on arms sales to China will be lifted in the near future (see Europe of 14 October, pp. 12 and 13, and EUROPE/Documents Nr 2326 of 17 October). Although countries such as France are calling for it to be lifted, there are others which oppose it, and "there is no unanimity to go forwards with", he indicated, prior to the...

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