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Midday press briefing from 12/05/2026

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I have a question for Guillaume on what was discussed yesterday with Syria.

The commissioner Šuica said that an association agreement on Syria could be discussed once the situation will be mature enough.

Could we maybe just have a little bit more clarification on the timeline of when you think it will be possible to open these discussions? Thank you.

OK, I don't have any, well, are you here, sorry.

I don't have any, details when it comes to a timeline.

I think yesterday what we have seen is a high-level dialogue on era and also the other even on, on the, the partnership.

Forum shows really this new engagement that we have with Syria on different fronts.

We have, we had very successful and very good meetings yesterday and we'll continue to work on to continue to build on this good work for the future,

but I don't have any timeline to offer, so I can set the stage.

Really a step by step approach as we are trying to bring the cooperation closer.

Other questions? Go ahead, Eddie.

Media information
ID I-289397
Date 12/05/2026
Duration 01:10
Tags Syria
Institution European Commission
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