Brussels, 31/03/2009 (Agence Europe) - At the opening of the Arab League Summit in Doha (Qatar) on Monday 30 March, Syrian President Bachar al-Assad, who wants increased international and European support for the peace process, nevertheless criticised the “contradictory” attitude of the EU. It refused to back the Arab peace plan at the Paris summit at which, on 13 July, the Union for the Mediterranean was born, but now makes this plan the cornerstone of its Middle Eastern diplomacy....