Article: PRESIDENT OF EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PÖTTERING CONCLUDES VISITS TO LEBANON, SYRIA

The European Union's European Parliament issued the following press release:

Today, Hans-Gert Pöttering concluded his second official visit to the Middle East region in his dual capacity as President of the European Parliament and President of the Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (EMPA).

After visiting Lebanon (6-9 August) and Syria (9-12 August), Mr Pöttering declared: "After holding thorough exchanges of views with a wide range of political and social actors, my deep conviction is that the time is ripe for significant progress towards a comprehensive peace in the Middle East, in which the European Union as a fair broker should play a more important role, as indicated by all ...

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