Brussels, 14/05/2004 (Agence Europe) - EU Council President Brian Cowen expressed his concern on Thursday for the situation in the Gaza Strip where thirty Palestinians and eleven Israeli soldiers have died in the last forty-eight hours. The Irish Foreign Minister recalls that the Quartet had, on 4 May in New York, called for a general ceasefire (EUROPE of 6 May, p.5). The current level of violence shows it is necessary to resume negotiations as a matter of urgency, he stressed, calling on...