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EU Pressures North Africa to Combat Gun Running, Tighten Arms Control
18 December 2008
Agence France Presse
RABAT — European Union officials urged north African countries Thursday to abide by EU rules on arms trading to combat the spread of terrorism.
At a meeting in Morocco, an envoy from the French EU presidency said the aim is to improve "logistical aid, inspector training, the development of national relations and support for the UN treaty on arms control."
"This meeting on arms trading is the first one between the two sides of the Mediterranean," Jean-Luc Brunet... (GunPolicy.org)