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Solana: "We should not allow the latest developments to separate us" (Photo: Austrian EU Presidency)

Solana warns against EU-muslim cartoon rift

EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana has said that the Danish cartoon row should not be allowed to cause a rift between Europeans and Muslims, while visiting the Middle East in a bid to soothe tension over the drawings.

Mr Solana visited Egypt on Tuesday (14 February) as part of a trip of muslim countries aimed at defusing the row over Danish cartoons depicting the prophet Mohammed.

Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten last September published cartoons of the prophet, which were lat...

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Solana: "We should not allow the latest developments to separate us" (Photo: Austrian EU Presidency)

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