The EU still negotiating whether to lift or not the arms embargo on the Syrian opposition

The foreign ministers of the European Union (EU) will continue in the next few hours trying to reach an agreement on the hypothetical lifting of the arms embargo on the Syrian opposition, a move that carry arguing for hours without results. According to EU sources, the ministers have agreed to halt the talks to 20.30 (18.30 GMT) and will resume around 22.00 (20.00 GMT), after holding a dinner and planned with candidate countries. At the moment, the twenty-seven have failed to reach an agreement on a possible green light to the delivery of weapons to the Syrian rebels , an issue that until now has deeply divided the EU. countries reluctant to the idea, including Austria, the Czech Republic and the Scandinavians have been facing in recent weeks to the promoters of the initiative, the United Kingdom and, to a lesser extent, France-who have managed to rally support from countries like Spain . According to diplomatic sources, the most discussed on Monday is to approve a survey with But conditions for the opposition , but keep it on hold until August 1, in order to give a chance to the peace conference in Geneva to promote the United States and Russia. 's discussion, according to these sources, has focused on the last hours if the final green light to the sending of weapons would be automatic once you reach that date or if it would require a unanimous decision of the new Twenty. The EU negotiates virtually trial , as all the sanctions to Syria expires on 31 May, both the opposition and the regime. A priori, all Member States wish to maintain the penalties in force against the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, but the UK has warned that at some point he would be willing to drop everything that package to achieve your goal.