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Published 10/22/2009 by AFP via Yahoo!


Syria's Assad wants to review EU pact before sealing deal

DAMASCUS (AFP) Syrian President Bashar al-Assad insisted on Thursday that Damascus must review a partnership agreement with the European Union, which had been due to be signed next week, before it can be sealed. 'We must review the association agreement with Europe,' Assad told a news...

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As its relations with Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Iran blossom, is Syria still keen for a rapprochement with the west?Bashar al-Assad has every reason to be pleased ... - [10/22/2009 - Guardian Unlimited]
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...it can be sealed. "We must review the association agreement with Europe Assad told a news conference after talks with visiting Finnish President Tarja Halonen."
...It will "in substance say that the EU reserves the right to suspend the association accord" the diplomat said...
...on January 1. "If the government concludes its review during the Swedish presidency (which runs until December 31) we will sign the accord. If not, we will sign it during the Spanish presidency" Muallem said

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