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Spain urges EU to help Syria control border with Lebanon
The European Union should offer to help Syria control its border with Lebanon by sending equipment, training and experts to monitor against arms smuggling, EU member Spain said on Saturday.The U.N. Security Council voiced grave concern last month about reports that arms smuggled from Syria into Lebanon were reaching Hezbollah guerrilla groups. Damascus has denied involvement. "The idea is to help Syrian authorities by sending equipment, technical assistance, training, and if necessary experts, to guarantee the control of this border," Spain's foreign minister Miguel Angel Moratinos told reporters after a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Portugal. "If requested by the Syrian authorities, the European experts could play a monitoring role, but the effective control of the border would be the sole responsibility of Syria and Lebanon," Spain said in a document distributed at the meeting in the coastal town of Viana do Castelo. Posted by: Fred 2007-09-10 |
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