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Published 10/31/2009 by Al-Ahram Weekly

Syria's cold feet

the EU said it was ready to sign a Syrian- European Partnership Agreement. It asked Syria's foreign minister to sign the agreement in Luxembourg on 26 October. Syria has been asking Europe for the agreement for the past four years. So you'd think that the reaction in Damascus would be one of joy. Well,...

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Syria is restudying "with care" the Syrian-European Partnership Agreement and its effects on Syrian economy, Syrian Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Abdullah ... - [10/31/2009 - Individual.com]

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...designated date. "The European decision to sign the agreement has come as a surprise to us" he said. Apparently...

Syria's cold feet [Al-Ahram Weekly - 10/31/2009]

...with Europe. "But the signing of the agreement is a technical matter, and we need to look once again at the partnership agreement" he said. Syrian officials...

Syria's cold feet [Al-Ahram Weekly - 10/31/2009]

...Weekly that, "Europe cannot justify signing the partnership agreement unless there is an improvement in human rights in Syria, a country with a very poor reputation in Europe on that account." Several European countries...

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