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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9487

25 August 2007
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/sudan
Khartoum deports EU and Canadian diplomats

Brussels, 24/08/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday, Sudan ordered the expulsion of the head of the European Commission delegation in Khartoum, Kent Degerfelt (currently on holiday in Italy), and Canada's representative in Sudan. The Sudanese foreign ministry said that both diplomats had been declared persona non grata because of their interference in Sudan's domestic affairs. Questioned by reporters about the expulsion on Friday, a European Commission spokesperson, Antonia Mochan, would only...