LEBANESE PRIME MINISTER INVITED BY EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

Islamic Republic News Agency, Iran
Sept 24 2006

Following the recent visit of Josep Borrell, President of the European
Parliament (EP), to Lebanon, Fouad Siniora, Lebanese Prime Minister,
will address a meeting of leaders of the political groups in the EP
on Wednesday in Strasbourg.

When visiting Beirut, Borrell stressed EP’s support for a" sustainable
peace" in the region.

Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria, Darfur, secret CIA prisons, EU-India
relations and nanosciences and nanotechnologies are some of the other
issues the EP will discuss during its full session in Strasbourg
starting on Monday.

On Turkey, the Socialist group in the EP – the parliament’s second
biggest bloc – is concerned about the draft report which the EP’s
foreign affairs committee has approved.

The report on Turkey demands that Ankara must recognise the" Armenian
genocide" as a precondition for EU entry.

Heated discussion is expected during the debate on Turkey in the EP
on Tuesday followed by a vote on the report Wednesday.