• Military

• WMD Menu                           

• Introduction
• Systems
• Facilities
• Agencies
• Operations
• Countries
• Hot Documents
• News
• Reports
• Policy
• Budget
• Congress
• Links

• Intelligence
• Homeland Security
• Space

EU not to close humanitarian office in Baghdad

IRNA

Brussels, Oct 31, IRNA -- The European Union Friday said it will not 
close its humanitarian office, ECHO, in Baghdad. 
``The ECHO office in Baghdad is still open. There is no plan at 
this stage to shut it or talk of any measures in that direction,`` 
European Commission spokesman for external relations Deigo de Ojeda 
told a press briefing in Brussels Friday. 
"Obviously we keep the situation under review regularly given the 
security situation," he said. 
The spokesman added that the staff at ECHO continue to provide 
humanitarian assistance to Iraqi citizens with its NGO partners. 
NK/214 
End