" ... The European Union is close to agreeing an offer to Syria of closer ties, the 27-country bloc's commissioner for external relations, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, said on Friday...."Engaging with Syria is absolutely in our interest," Ferrero-Waldner told journalists at a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Stockholm."I would say that we are coming to an agreement. There are still some modalities that have to be found, there are some reserves ... but I am confident that in the near future we will get this agreement really going."A rapprochement could help liberalise Syria's economy and improve its image after being treated as a pariah state by several Western countries because of its role in Lebanon and Iraq and support for militant groups..."
Saturday, September 5, 2009
"Engaging with Syria is absolutely in our interest,"
Reuters, here
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Thank God the EU has the sense to engage in the Middle East in a pragmatic way.
Gonzolegend.
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