or nice wholesome shipment of the toys
Posted on 02/27/2008 3:26:05 PM PST by Flavius
BRUSSELS (AFP)--E.U. parliamentarians urged the European Union Wednesday to step up pressure on China to end its arms exports to African nations whose leaders are deemed responsible for wide human rights violations.
The lawmakers, in a report adopted by the European Parliament's development committee, urged the 27 nation bloc to uphold its arms embargo against China, citing notably Beijing's role in Sudan and Zimbabwe.
"As partners of Africa, both the E.U. and China together must find a more responsible approach to the international arms trade," Fiona Hall, a U.K. member of the assembly's Liberal Democrats group, said in a statement.
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or nice wholesome shipment of the toys
When are people going to realize that China doesn’t care about world opinion or Africa?
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