COUNCIL OF
THE EUROPEAN UNION
PROVISIONAL VERSION
PRESS RELEASE
2712nd Council Meeting
General Affairs and External Relations
External Relations
Brussels, 27 February 2006
President Ms Ursula PLASSNIK
Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs of Austria
* Some external relations items were adopted without debate at the 2711st meeting on General Affairs (6343/06 Presse 45).
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MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS
Ministers assessed, over lunch, the situation in the Middle East. High Representative Javier Solana briefed Ministers on his visit to Israel and the West Bank. Ministers endorsed, against the background of the Quartet's appeal for measures to facilitate the work of the interim Palestinian government, the Commission's intention to provide additional emergency assistance as well as to authorize the (partial) release of resources from the World Bank Trust Fund. The President noted that Ministers would return to the issue of the Middle East at their informal meeting in March in Salzburg.
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Document Type: Press Release
Document Sources: European Council, European Union (EU)
Subject: Assistance, Peace process
Publication Date: 27/02/2006