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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9769

25 October 2008
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THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/syria
Javier Solana calls for association agreement to be updated and implemented soon - Damascus welcomes role of EU in Middle East

Brussels, 24/10/2008 (Agence Europe) - EU High Representative for the CFSP Javier Solana has called for relations with Syria to be intensified and for the association agreement, signed in 2004 but never ratified by member states, to be updated soon. “I hope that contacts between the EU and Syria will be strengthened”, Mr Solana said after meeting with Syrian President Bachar al Assad on Thursday 23 October in Damascus (the Syrian capital was the last stage in Mr Solana's trip to the...

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