EU tells China it will maintain arms embargo
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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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Taiwan President President Chen Shui-bian on Tuesday urged the European Union to maintain its arms embargo on China, saying Beijing&#39;s military buildup posed the biggest threat to regional peace.
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China called for the European Union to lift its arms embargo on Beijing but an analyst and EU official indicated no breakthrough was likely during Premier Wen Jiabao's upcoming European summit.
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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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French President Jacques Chirac, who has urged an end to an EU arms embargo on China, yesterday called for closer defense coopera-tion between Paris and Beijing at a meeting with Chinese Defense Minister Cao ...
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The EU is set to give a "positive signal" to China at a summit with Prime Minister Wen Jiabao over his call to lift a 15-year-old EU arms embargo, but no immediate decision is expected.
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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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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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Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said the European Union would have to work to ease tensions with the United States over the likely lifting of an embargo on arms sales to China, a move opposed by Washington.
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Speaking in Beijing, UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw backs plans to end the EU arms ban on China.
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The European Union is not yet ready to lift an arms embargo on China, Bernard Bot, Foreign Minister of the Netherlands which holds the bloc's rotating presidency, said Wednesday.  "We are working assiduously but...the time is not right to lift the embargo," Bot told reporters on arrival at a summit between the bloc and Chinese leaders.
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The European Union says it is willing to work towards lifting the arms embargo on China, president of the European Council Jan Peter Balkenende has said.
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At their meeting in Luxemburg on Oct. 11-12, the EU foreign ministers decided to maintain -- for the time being -- the EU arms embargo against China.
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French President Jacques Chirac is calling for the lifting of the European Union's arms embargo against China, The Telegraph reported Monday.
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At an EU-China Summit on Wednesday, the EU said now was not the time to lift its arms embargo on China. However, EU leaders held out the prospect of ending the ban perhaps next year, despite opposition from the US.
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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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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.