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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8788
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/asem

EP continues to reject Burma's presence at ASEM Summit because of lack of democracy

Strasbourg, 17/09/2004 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday, the European Parliament adopted a common resolution on Burma and ASEM. The EU has given the go-ahead for Burma's participation in the fifth ASEM Summit, to be held in Hanoi on 8/9 October, but it ahs also called for a tightening of sanctions if, by the time of the next General Affairs Council (11 October), Burma's military junta has not met the EU's written requests (see Europe of 14 September, p.5). The European Parliament criticised...

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