New round of Syria- EU negotiations

The EU and Syria started a new round of negotiations in Damascus Monday with debates on the prologue of the partnership project and several other articles as well as exchange of agrarian products and food stuffs.

Committees from both sides also discussed in their 12th round of partnership negotiations other relevant issues, including fish, lifting customs duties on European industrial products, regulations on the origin of products, and protection of intellectual property.

The committees are set to discuss over the next two days regulations on standardization, industrial cooperation, and other controversial topics.

The talks over the next two days would be dedicated to resolving controversial issues and bring the negotiations to their desired end.