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Uma posição assumida claramente pela presidência alemã, e que Portugal deverá dar a sua continuidade.
International Heral Tribune - 01 de Abril de 2007
JERUSALEM: In her first trip to the Middle East as the EU president, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany offered Europe's help in bringing Israel and the Palestinians back to the negotiating table, and in trying to build on a new burst of international efforts to restart peace talks.
Merkel also called on Iran to immediately release 15 British sailors and marines seized in the Gulf on March 23. "Britain has the full solidarity of the European Union," Merkel said in a speech at Hebrew University. "We demand the immediate release of the 15 British soldiers."
Merkel, who was meeting Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Sunday, said the Europeans were ready to offer support, but ultimately the two sides must resolve their differences themselves.
"The Europeans must not assume that they could force a solution. We can't and I don't want to do it," she said in her speech. "Within my abilities, I would like to support the sides to walk the path toward peace."
Her visit came after the Arab world renewed a land-for-recognition offer to Israel last week. Since then, the Quartet of Mideast mediators - the United States, the European Union, the United Nations and Russia - has said it hopes to arrange a meeting with moderate Arab states, Israel and the Palestinians before the summer. Merkel , who now holds the rotating EU presidency, plays an important Quartet role. [...]
Merkel also called on Iran to immediately release 15 British sailors and marines seized in the Gulf on March 23. "Britain has the full solidarity of the European Union," Merkel said in a speech at Hebrew University. "We demand the immediate release of the 15 British soldiers."
Merkel, who was meeting Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Sunday, said the Europeans were ready to offer support, but ultimately the two sides must resolve their differences themselves.
"The Europeans must not assume that they could force a solution. We can't and I don't want to do it," she said in her speech. "Within my abilities, I would like to support the sides to walk the path toward peace."
Her visit came after the Arab world renewed a land-for-recognition offer to Israel last week. Since then, the Quartet of Mideast mediators - the United States, the European Union, the United Nations and Russia - has said it hopes to arrange a meeting with moderate Arab states, Israel and the Palestinians before the summer. Merkel , who now holds the rotating EU presidency, plays an important Quartet role. [...]
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