Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 8

23-Feb-2009

syria

EU-Syria Association Agreement To Be Signed In 2009

EU External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner stated last week during a visit to Syria that the EU-Syria association agreement, which was initialed on 14 December 2008, will be signed in the current year (MEES, 22/29 December 2008). The commissioner added that the association agreement was the right framework for a rapprochement between the EU and Syria and noted that Syria...