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EU condemns anti-Israel remarks by Iran's Ahmadinejad
The EU presidency on Friday condemned "in the strongest possible terms" anti-Israeli remarks made by Iran's hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who called the state of Israel "a stinking corpse".
- Agencies
- Published: 21:28 May 10, 2008
Brussels: The EU presidency on Friday condemned "in the strongest possible terms" anti-Israeli remarks made by Iran's hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who called the state of Israel "a stinking corpse".
Ahmadinejad's comments, delivered on Thursday, "are unacceptable, damaging and uncivilised," the European Union's Slovenian presidency said in a statement.
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