AFP, Brussels, 10 Oct 2011 – The European Union is set to hail the formation of a Syrian opposition bloc as ‘a positive step forward’, according to a draft EU foreign ministers’ statement seen by AFP on Monday.
In the draft statement, the ministers, referring to the Syrian National Council (SNC), say the EU ‘welcomes the efforts of the population to establish a united platform’ and ‘notes the creation of the CNS as a positive step forward’.