Any Israeli-Palestinian peace plan not based on the pre-1967 lines will fail, eight European Union member states warned US President Donald Trump on Tuesday evening.
“We, the European Union members of the Council, would like to reiterate once more and emphasize the EU’s strong continued commitment to the internationally agreed parameters for a just and lasting peace in the Middle East, based on international law, relevant UN resolutions and previous agreements,” ambassadors from the eight nations said in a joint statement they read to the media.
“We, the European Union members of the Council, would like to reiterate once more and emphasize the EU’s strong continued commitment to the internationally agreed parameters for a just and lasting peace in the Middle East, based on international law, relevant UN resolutions and previous agreements,” ambassadors from the eight nations said in a joint statement they read to the media.
“Any peace plan that fails to recognize these internationally agreed parameters would risk being condemned to failure,” they said.
The ambassadors spoke out at UN headquarters in New York just after a UN Security Council meeting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley told the Security Council that the international community must support the plan.
“This plan will be different from all previous ones. The critical question is whether the response will be any different,” Haley said.
The ambassadors spoke out at UN headquarters in New York just after a UN Security Council meeting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley told the Security Council that the international community must support the plan.
“This plan will be different from all previous ones. The critical question is whether the response will be any different,” Haley said.
She told the European Union and Arab nations, that its success was dependent in part on their support.
“The world will be watching. More importantly, the Palestinians and the Israelis will be watching. Their response will be effected by your response,” Haley said.
But EU member states who spoke at the UNSC — the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands, Poland and Sweden — told the US that its plan must confirm with existing understandings regarding a two-state resolution to the conflict.
“The world will be watching. More importantly, the Palestinians and the Israelis will be watching. Their response will be effected by your response,” Haley said.
But EU member states who spoke at the UNSC — the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands, Poland and Sweden — told the US that its plan must confirm with existing understandings regarding a two-state resolution to the conflict.
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