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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8611

20 December 2003
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/china
EP in favour of keeping arms embargo in place

Strasbourg, 19/12/2003 (Agence Europe) - As anticipated, the European Parliament voted a resolution on Thursday calling on the EU, "including acceding and candidate countries, to maintain the embargo" on arms sales to China, which was instituted in June 1989 following the "total repression" approach to dissidents. Noting "the proposal by certain countries" of the EU to lift this embargo (France and Germany: Ed), the Parliament "judges the timing ill-chosen" due in particular to "threats...

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