European Parliament 3 June 2002, WRITTEN QUESTION P-1641/02 by Emmanouil Bakopoulos (GUE/NGL) to the Council. Deterioration of Indo-Pakistani relations.

Answer given by Mr Patten on behalf of the Commission (11 July 2002) The Commission is aware of press reports regarding an explosion at the end of April 2002, in a Syrian arms factory located near Homs. The same press reports quote Western intelligence services stating that the weapons complex in question was not a missile facility.