{"id":193472,"date":"2011-09-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T16:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=193472"},"modified":"2019-03-12T16:37:12","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T16:37:12","slug":"auto-insert-193472","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-193472\/","title":{"rendered":"Arab League Peace Initiative Follow-up Committee &#8211; EU High Representative Ashton&#8217;s remarks &#8211; EU Press release\/Non-UN document"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"7px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27585%27%20height%3D%27157%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20585%20157%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27585%27%20height%3D%27157%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/c25ff0ec918da1c38525790a004819fe_image0.GIF\" border=\"0\" height=\"157px\" width=\"585px\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:13pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Remarks by High Representative Catherine Ashton<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:13pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>following her address at the opening of the Arab League Peace<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:13pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Initiative Follow-up Committee<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">&quot;I have been in Cairo today to speak to President Abbas and the members of the Arab Peace Initiative Committee. I addressed the opening of the Committee meeting upon the invitation of the League of Arab States.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">I paid tribute to the successful statebuilding efforts of the Palestinian Authority under the leadership of President Abbas.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">My message was clear: at a time when the whole world is focusing on this issue, the EU remains strongly committed to achieving the two-state solution, with the State of Israel and the State of Palestine living side by side in peace and security. The only way to do that is through negotiations.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">The discussions which will take place at the UN in New York in the coming weeks will be an opportunity to achieve this. I want the Middle East Quartet to play an ambitious role and the international community to maintain strong and united support.&quot;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">____________<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27348%27%20height%3D%2793%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20348%2093%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27348%27%20height%3D%2793%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/c25ff0ec918da1c38525790a004819fe_image1.GIF\" border=\"0\" height=\"93px\" width=\"348px\" \/><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remarks by High Representative Catherine Ashton following her address at the opening of the Arab League Peace Initiative Follow-up Committee &quot;I have been in Cairo today to speak to President Abbas and the members of the Arab Peace Initiative Committee. 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