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EU chief diplomat Javier Solana - dispatched to Lebanon over the weekend (Photo: Austrian EU Presidency)

Solana to brief EU ministers on Middle East conflict

EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana will on Monday brief the bloc's foreign ministers following a weekend trip to assess the escalating violence in Lebanon, while the latest move by Iran on its nuclear programme is also high on the ministers' agenda.

Mr Solana on Sunday (16 July) made a surprise visit to Lebanon amid heavy fighting between Israel and the Islamist Hizbollah movement.

After talks with Lebanese prime minister Fouad Siniora, the EU's top diplomat called upon "thos...

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EU chief diplomat Javier Solana - dispatched to Lebanon over the weekend (Photo: Austrian EU Presidency)

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