UK welcomes ‘long-overdue’ deal; Germany calls to ‘seize opportunity’

By AFP 15 January 2025, 11:54 pm

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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer welcomes the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal as “the long overdue news that the Israeli and Palestinian people have desperately been waiting for.”

“They have borne the brunt of this conflict –- triggered by the brutal terrorists of Hamas,” he says in a statement, adding that attention should now turn to how to secure a “permanently better future… grounded in a two-state solution.”

Germany’s Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock calls on all sides to “seize” the opportunity before them.

“In these hours there is hope that the hostages will finally be released and the deaths in Gaza will end. All those in positions of responsibility should now ensure that this opportunity is seized,” Baerbock says on social media.