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Guantanamo Bay is to be closed down within a year, but the fate of its inmates is yet uncertain (Photo: Wikipedia)

France keen on EU mission to Guantanamo

France is pushing for an EU fact-finding mission to Guantanamo Bay and for the bloc to take in 60 inmates after the camp closes, with EU foreign ministers to discuss the issue on Monday (26 January).

EU justice commissioner Jacques Barrot and anti-terrorism chief Gilles de Kerckhove are to lead the fact-finding trip to the Cuban prison which is to be shut down within a year following the decision by new US President Barack Obama, diplomats told Financial Times Deutschland.

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Guantanamo Bay is to be closed down within a year, but the fate of its inmates is yet uncertain (Photo: Wikipedia)

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