European
Union Delegation To Visit Nicaragua To
Negotiate Aid Thaw
Managua -- A group of
senior EU officials will visit Nicaragua in
September to negotiate lifting restriction on
a financial aid to the country, French
ambassador to Managua Thierry Fraysse said
on Wednesday.
The EU halted 100 million dollars of direct
budget support for the Nicaraguan government
after opposition parties complained of fraud
during the November 2008 municipal
elections.
Fraysse said it was very important that the
next Nicaraguan elections have domestic and
international observers at all levels and
that such observation would be a good signal
and the key to the free flow of EU's aid.
On Tuesday, Nicaragua's Foreign Minister
Samuel Santos said the nation was negotiating
with the EU on the issue and the
negotiations were going in the right
direction.
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