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| Israel-Palestine-Jordan |
| EU won't back call to lift PA sanctions |
| 2007-02-02 |
| The European Union will continue to insist that before the Palestinian Authority government gains international legitimacy it must adopt policies reflecting a willingness to recognize Israel, forswear terrorism, and accept previous Israeli-Palestinian agreements, a senior EU official said Wednesday. His comments came a day after Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Saltanov said that Moscow would use Friday's Quartet meeting in Washington to urge the lifting of economic sanctions on the PA. "Russia has always argued against the blockade and we expect the Quartet to listen to our view," Interfax quoted Saltanov as saying. But the EU official said he did not envision a change in the EU position regarding the well-known three international principles for dealing with the Hamas-led PA government. The Quartet is made up of the US, European Union, Russia and the UN. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Sorry, looked ok in Preview... |
| Posted by: Jules 2007-02-02 08:46 |
| #1 Interesting. Can we get the original quote in Russian? The reason I ask is 'Obey' in Russian is merely a reflexive form of the verb 'listen'. Did they use ??????? or ????????? ? |
| Posted by: Jules 2007-02-02 08:46 |