{"id":203485,"date":"2011-08-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=203485"},"modified":"2019-03-12T18:35:08","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T18:35:08","slug":"auto-insert-203485","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-203485\/","title":{"rendered":"EU High Representative Catherine Ashton statement on continued settlement expansion in East Jerusalem &#8211; Press release\/Non-UN document"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">\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%27497%27%20height%3D%27142%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20497%20142%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27497%27%20height%3D%27142%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/5378129b84c80b09852578ea004d3c12_image0.GIF\" border=\"0\" height=\"142px\" width=\"497px\" \/><\/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>Statement 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>on Settlement Expansion in East Jerusalem<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Catherine Ashton, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the Commission, made today the following statement:<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i>&quot;It is with deep regret that, once again, I received information of the publicly stated intention of the Israeli government to continue settlement expansion in East Jerusalem.<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i>The EU has repeatedly called on Israel to end all settlement activity, including natural growth, and to dismantle outposts erected since March 2001.<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:12pt;font-family:Times New Roman, serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><i>Settlement activity threatens the viability of an agreed two-state solution and undermines ongoing efforts to resume negotiations.&quot;<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times-Roman, monospace;\">\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%27369%27%20height%3D%27104%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20369%20104%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27369%27%20height%3D%27104%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/5378129b84c80b09852578ea004d3c12_image1.GIF\" border=\"0\" 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