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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8804

12 October 2004
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/iran
EU prepared to take up "policy of engagement" and various incentives if Teheran suspends uranium enrichment programme

Luxembourg, 11/10/2004 (Agence Europe) - Over lunch at Monday's External Relations Council, ministers discussed the situation in Iran and the strategy the EU is to adopt for this country, whose nuclear programme and shortcomings in terms of human rights are increasingly of concern. "We have decided that for the time being, the EU should pursue a policy of engagement towards Iran, together with a packet of incentives", the Council President, Bernard Bot, told the press. He immediately added,...

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