Press Release: Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner to visit Syria, 15-16 February 2009

On her first visit to Syria as European Commissioner for External Relations and Neighborhood Policy, Benita Ferrero-Waldner will meet with Syrian President, Bashar Al Assad, Vice President, Farouk Al Sharaa, Vice Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, Abdullah Al Dardari, and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Walid Al Moallem. During the visit, she will discuss the EU-Syria bilateral relations including the process for concluding the Association Agreement that the EU and Syria have negotiated. She will also discuss recent regional developments and seek Syria’s contribution to solving the regional crisis.

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