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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9604

19 February 2008
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/myanmar
Council sets out requirements for democratic transition in Burma/Mynamar

Brussels, 18/02/2008 (Agence Europe) - While the military junta announced on 9 February that a referendum would be held in May 2008 on a new Constitution and that multi-party elections would be held in 2010, the EU remains “deeply concerned by the situation in Burma/Myanmar”. In conclusions to be adopted on Monday 18 February, the External Relations Council called on the country's authorities to take swift action ahead of a transition to a democratically elected government. It also...

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