Brussels, 11/02/2005 (Agence Europe) - Syria and the EU intend to step up their relations, said the Director General of EuropeAid, Koos Richelle, after a visit to Damascus in early February, during which he was invited to address some of the highest-ranking public and private-sector officials of the country. These have always been keen at the prospects of the planned opening up of the Syrian economy under the terms of the association agreement, which was initialled last October but which has...