The European Union Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Brussels tomorrow, which Foreign Minister Israel Katz will address, will also be attended by his counterparts from Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, the PA, and the Arab League Secretary-General.
In addition, EU Security Chief Josep Borrell will present a ten-point plan for peace between Israel and the Palestinians.
In a letter to member states, Borrell wrote that his roadmap will “elaborate, with practical proposals, on the agreed principle that only a political, sustainable, long-term solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will bring peace to the two peoples and stability to the region.”
According to Euronews, Borrell’s plan calls for a peace process leading to a Palestinian state alongside Israel, and full normalization between Israel and Arab states. An international peace conference would look to end the war between Hamas and Israel, and the larger Israel-Palestinian conflict, which would create an “initial framework” for peace within one year. There would be “robust security assurances” for both states, and the agreement would be “conditional upon full mutual diplomatic recognition and integration of both Israel and Palestinian in the region.”
The 27 EU member states have been divided in their responses to the war in Gaza, and are unlikely to support Borrell’s roadmap.
Josep Borrell, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, speaks at a joint press conference with Lebanon’s foreign minister following their meeting in Beirut on January 6, 2024. (Anwar Amro/AFP)
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