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EU urges strong ties with Lebanon

Monday, May 16, 2005

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European Parliament MPs called for strengthening ties between Lebanon and the EU, and to actively implement a good neighborly policy between Europe and Mediterranean basin states. At a meeting with Mr. Saadeddine Hariri in Koreitem, in the presence of Mr. Ghazi Youssef, MP Edward McMillan Scott and MP Rodi Cratsa presented the late leader’s son with a project that aims at bolstering ties between both sides of the Mediterranean.

MP Cratsa told reporter the EU legislators offered their condolences to Mr. Hariri for the murder of former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri and also congratulated Mr. Saadeddine for his courage and intention to pursue his slain father’s services to Lebanon and the Lebanese. MP Cratsa pointed out that her colleague in Parliament, MP McMillan Scott is in charge of EU-Mediterranean ties, and a member of the European Popular Party that is now preparing to launch a cooperation center. Mr. Scott said he hoped there will be effective contacts between Lebanon and the center, and stressed that the EU is now implementing a neighborly policy with Mediterranean states as more countries in the region democratize.