VOL. XLV

No 25

24-June-2002

LEBANON

Lebanon Signs Association Agreement With EU

The Lebanese ForeignMinister, Mahmud Hammud,and his Spanish counterpart, Josep Pique, on 17 Junesigned in Luxembourgthe association agreement between Lebanonand the European Union (EU). The agreement, initialed in Brussels on 10January, was due to be signed in April at the Euro-Mediterranean Conference inValencia, Spain, but the signature was postponed because Lebanon, together withSyria, boycotted the gatheringto...