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He head of diplomacy of the European Union (EU)Josep Borrell discussed today with Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan “steps” to “put into action” international consensus on
He head of diplomacy of the European Union (EU)Josep Borrell discussed today with Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan “steps” to “put into action” international consensus on creation of a Palestinian state end the conflict with Israel.
“We talked about our joint peace initiative and steps to translate international consensus on a two-state solution into action. The road will be difficult, but there is no alternative to peace,” Borrell said on the social network X (formerly Twitter) after meeting with Bin Farhan in Al-Ula in western Saudi Arabia.
Likewise, Borrell invited his counterpart to attend the meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union (EU) on January 22 in Brussels, where the situation in the Middle East will be discussed with representatives of the Arab League, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Palestine and Israel.
This Borrell’s fourth trip to the region since the start of the war in the Gaza Strip on October 7, following repeated attacks by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas on Israeli territory.
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This time, the European diplomat is focusing on joining efforts to prevent the war from spreading and opening new fronts in Lebanon, where the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah has exchanged fire with Israel on the border, in Iraq, Syria and ahead of attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels. against merchant ships in the Red Sea.
“Regional escalation is a real risk and we must do everything in our power, together with our Arab partners, to avoid this escalation,” Borrell said in a video broadcast on social networks.
In addition, he pointed out the need “stop the human tragedy unfolding in Gaza” and negotiate an immediate humanitarian cessation of hostilities that would create conditions conducive to an agreement on a more sustainable cessation and would also allow for the release of hostages held by Hamas.
“The people of Gaza are desperate. They cannot wait for the day after tomorrow, for them the day after tomorrow was yesterday,” Borrell lamented.
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For its part, the Saudi Foreign Ministry said in a statement that the head of European diplomacy, Bin Farhan, focused on the situation in the Palestinian enclave and “the efforts made in this regard, especially in humanitarian matters,” without providing further details.
Saudi Arabiastaunch defender of the Palestinian cause, defends the two-state solutionwhich involves the creation of an independent Palestinian nation similar to the main way to achieve peaceand insists on the implementation of this measure to stop the bloodshed that began in October last year in the Gaza Strip.
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Source: Aristegui Noticias
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