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Several EU states are though to still harbour concerns over lifting the embargo (Photo: olemiswebs)

EU presidency reconsidering China arms embargo

The Spanish EU presidency has indicated it is willing to reconsider the bloc's arms embargo with China, implemented over 20 years ago following the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown on Chinese pro-democracy protesters.

Following a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels on Tuesday (26 January), Spanish foreign minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said his country was "weighing the pros and cons" of lifting the ban.

"We are all aware of the new role which China is assuming in the wor...

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Several EU states are though to still harbour concerns over lifting the embargo (Photo: olemiswebs)

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