EU won’t give up on peace in the Middle East, says Mogherini

September 20, 2017
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The EU wants to keep all local, regional and international partners engaged in finding a viable solution for Israel and Palestine, EU High Representative Mogherini has said in New York.

“The international community does not and cannot give up on peace in the Middle East,” EU High Representative Federica Mogherini said during the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee for Palestine at the UN.

As Europeans, we share the desire of millions of Israelis and Palestinians for peace and their frustration also over the many failed attempts to get there, Mogherini said.

The risk is that “not only people do not see the light at the end of the tunnel, but that they do not even see the tunnel anymore,” Mogherini warned, paraphrasing late President Shimon Peres.

 

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Press Release

Speech by High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini at the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee for Palestine

The Office of the European Union Representative (West Bank and Gaza Strip, UNRWA)

Countries covered:

  • Israel
  • Palestine *
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