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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9125

7 February 2006
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/islam
EU points out that countries affected by protests over caricatures are obliged to protect diplomatic representations

Brussels, 06/02/2006 (Agence Europe) - Faced with the outbreak of protests against caricatures of the prophet Mohamed in the European press, violence, culminating in the attacks at the weekend against EU offices in Palestinian territories and the setting fire to the Danish, Swedish and Norwegian embassies in Damascus and Beirut, the Austrian presidency indicated to the main countries affected that international law (Vienna Convention of 1969 on treaties law) obliges them to protect embassies...

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