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Solana: EU will not call for a ceasefire now
EU's foreign policy chief Javier Solana said Tuesday that the European bloc will not call for a ceasefire to halt the war in Iraq, but he hoped that the armed conflict will be short. "We want the conflict to be short as possible and minimize the suffering of the people," Solana told reporters after holding talks with Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri in Brussels this evening. Asked by a reporter if the EU is going to call for a ceasefire, Solana replied, "At this point we are not going to do that. We have to see how things evolve in the coming days." "I mean, if the Merkins kill Sammy, then they'll probably cease firing, right?" For the moment the position of the EU is what was agreed by the EUsummit last week in Brussels, he added. The EU summit called for the preservation of the integrity of Iraq and for the UN to play a central role in the reconstruction of Iraq. Ummmm... Okay, and no. See? Who said we weren't willing to compromise? Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-03-25 |
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