EU, Syria Agree on WMD Clause in Trade Deal

Syria and the European Union have reached agreement over a nonproliferation clause in a proposed trade deal, Agence France-Presse reported yesterday (see GSN, July 28).

The agreement was reached last week during a visit by an EU delegation to Syria, according to a Western diplomat in Beirut. EU foreign ministers must now approve the pact, AFP reported.

The trade deal between the EU and Syria has been stalled by a dispute over the EU requirement that all such deals must contain a clause obligating the parties to nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction, AFP reported (Agence France-Presse, Sept. 21).

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