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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9193

17 May 2006
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/palestine
President Abbas hopes for vanguard role for Europe and calls for a chance to be given to new Palestinian government, which must “adjust” - Call on Israeli government to negotiate, while its unilateral projects compromise chances of reaching two-State solution

Strasbourg, 16/05/2006 (Agence Europe) - “At this difficult time, it is normal for us Palestinians to look towards Europe. We call for Europe to take on a vanguard role”, to which Palestine would be linked as a “good historic neighbourhood”, the President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, told the European Parliament on 15 May. He received a warm welcome from MEPs who stood up in long and vigorous applause. In order to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, there must...

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