EU response to Iraq’s degenerating situation

Iraq is suffering from a new surge in sectarian violence. The EU and the international community have expressed their concerns over the growth in instability in the country, and stressed the importance of an inclusive political process and the holding of free and fair elections, planned for April 2014.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Council conclusions on Iraq http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-council-conclusions-on-iraq/

ESO: Background information: Press Release: Foreign Affairs Council, Brussels, 10 February 2014 http://www.europeansources.info/record/foreign-affairs-council-10-february-2014/

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