EU Says Time Not Right to Lift China Arms Ban
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The European Union is not yet ready to lift an arms embargo on China, Dutch Foreign Minister Bernard Bot said just before the start of a summit with Chinese leaders Wednesday.  "We are working assiduously but...the time is not right to lift the embargo," Bot told reporters. The Netherlands holds the bloc's rotating presidency.
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The European Union Wednesday held out the prospect of lifting a 15-year-old arms embargo on China, possibly by next year. Washington firmly opposes
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Despite US pleas, France and Germany want to end a European Union arms embargo of China. Fortunately, other nations in the EU are expected to nix the idea at a China-EU summit this week.
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The 15-year EU arms embargo on China is to continue at least into next year, despite a call yesterday from the German Chancellor, Gerhard SchrÃ¶der for the ban to be lifted.
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The European Union today told China it will maintain its 15-year-old embargo on arms sales until Beijing makes significant improvements in its human rights record.
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THE HAGUE  - The European Union remains split over lifting the 15-year-old arms embargo on China, but &quot;the tide is turning&quot; and the bloc appears set to end the ban sooner or later, diplomats said.
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The foreign ministers&#39; meeting of the European Union (EU) decided in Luxembourg Monday to lift the arms ban against Libya, which the bloc imposed 18 years ago.
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European Union leaders declared their "political will" to lift an arms embargo on China, possibly by next June, while stressing that Beijing must respect human rights and regional stability.
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The European Union failed to agree on Monday to lift an arms embargo against China despite energetic French pressure, but ministers said a stronger code of conduct on arms exports could lead to a removal of the ban.
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The EU told China on Wednesday it was  not yet ready to end its 15-year-old ban on selling it arms,  but suggested the embargo could be lifted in early 2005 despite  opposition from human rights groups and Washington.
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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao urged the European Union Saturday to lift its ban on arms sales to Beijing imposed after the 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square.
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BRUSSELS : European Union (EU) officials agreed in principle to lift an arms embargo on Libya after pressure from Italy. Italy has for several months been pressing its EU counterparts to lift the embargo imposed
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French President Jacques Chirac told his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao he wants to end the European Union&#39;s 15-year embargo on arms sales to China, introduced after troops killed student demonstrators in Tiananmen Square in 1989.
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The European Union says it is not yet ready to lift a 15-year-old ban on selling arms to China, but is working toward that goal. The arms embargo dominated a one-day EU-China summit in the Netherlands that
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At a China- European Union summit meeting in Hague the European Union said that it was not yet ready to lift its arms ban on China imposed after the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre of students.
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The US is ready to hold back military technology from European allies over EU steps to revoke its arms embargo on China.
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The European Union says it is not yet ready to lift a 15-year-old ban on selling arms to China, but is working toward that goal. The arms embargo dominated a one-day EU-China summit in the