03/11/2006 (Agence Europe) - At the end of October, the British Prime Minister Tony Blair sent one of his close diplomatic advisers Niger Sheinwald to Damascus, where he was received by President Bashir Al-Assad last Monday, according to British press. This trip came at the time when the European Parliament was adopting a resolution, recommending a return to normal relations between the EU and Syria (see EUROPE 9296). An association agreement with Damascus remains unsigned, despite...