Published Date:
19 August 2008
THE European Union's aid and development commissioner, Louis Michel, wants to suspend a major fisheries agreement with Mauritania because of political unrest.
Martin Selmayr, a European Commission spokesman, said the bloc should freeze its single biggest fishing deal after presidential guardsmen seized the Mauritanian president in a coup earlier this month when he sacked several top army officers.
Brussels had allocated 156 million (£230 million) of aid for the country for 2008-13 and agreed to pay 75.25 million a year for the right to fish in Mauritanian waters over the next four years. The decision will be taken by the EU's member governments next month.
The full article contains 113 words and appears in The Scotsman newspaper.
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Last Updated:
18 August 2008 10:03 PM
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Source:
The Scotsman
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Location:
Edinburgh