VOL. XXX

NO. 25

30-MARCH-1987

Financial and Banking News

AID FLOWS

Syria Temporarily Excluded from EC $1.45bn Mediterranean Aid Package

The Foreign Ministers of the European Community (EC) agreed on 17 March toallocate ECU1.7bn ($1.9bn) as an aid package for the next five years to eightsouth Mediterranean countries but suspended Syria's participation in the schemetemporarily until relations are improved, particularly with the UK The eightcountries concerned are Lebanon, Syria, Tunisia, Jordan,...