BRUSSELS, July 18, 2011 (WAFA) – The European Union’s Council on Foreign Affairs Monday reiterated the EU’s concern at the continuing stalemate in the Middle East peace process and called on the parties “to show the highest sense of responsibility and to resume direct and substantive talks.”
It said, following its meeting in Brussels, that the EU continues to believe that “urgent progress is needed” towards a two state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
The Council stressed “the central role” of the Middle East quartet, which includes the EU, the US, the United Nations and Russia, and expressed full support for efforts by its high representative, foreign policy chief Catherin Ashton, “to create a credible perspective for the re-launching of the peace process.”
“The EU has set out and will continue to promote actively its position with regard to parameters as contained in Council Conclusions of December 2009, December 2010 and May 2011,” said the Council.
The EU’s Foreign Affairs Council had insisted during a meeting held in Brussels in 2009 that it does not recognize the Israeli annexation of occupied East Jerusalem and stressed the two-state solution based on the 1967 borders.
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