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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8688

20 April 2004
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/nato
Both EU and NATO decline to comment on Spain's decision to withdraw troops from Iraq

Brussels, 19/04/2004 (Agence Europe) - Javier Solana, High Representative of the EU for CFSP, did not care to comment on the announcement that Spanish troops are to be withdrawn from Iraq. "The EU respects decisions when they are taken democratically. There is no doubt that this was a decision taken by a democratic government after an election. There is really nothing to be said", Javier Solana told the press on Monday, after a meeting between the Political and Security Committee of the EU...

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