EU Rejects Franco-British Push On Arms For Syrian Rebels -- Reuters
(Reuters) - European Union governments rejected a Franco-British push on Friday to lift an EU arms embargo to allow weapons supplies to Syrian rebels, voicing fears this could spark an arms race and worsen regional instability.
France and Britain found little support for their proposal to ease the embargo at an EU summit in Brussels, EU diplomats said, although they asked the bloc's foreign ministers to look again at the issue next week.
"Nobody really is interested (in lifting the embargo)," an EU diplomat said. "There is no prospect of change any time soon."
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